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Seats&Restraints
Whenairbagsaredeployed,childrenwithout
properprotectionmaysufferfromserious
injuryorevendeath.DONOTcarrychildren
inthearmsoronthekneesduringtraveling.
Childrenshouldwearseatbeltssuitableto
age.DONOTleanoutofwindows.
Aninatingairbagcancausefacialabrasions
andotherinjuriesiftheoccupantistooclose
totheairbagatthetimeofitsdeployment.
Theinationpassageoftheairbagmustbe
freeofanyobstructions.DONOTplace
anyobjectsbetweenpassengersandairbags.
Itisprohibitedtoxorplaceanyobjects
onthesteeringwheelcover,oron/nearthe
instrumentpanelfrontalairbagscover.DO
NOTafxorplaceanyobjectson,oradjacent
totheairbags.Ifthereisanobstaclebetween
thepassengerandairbag,theairbagmaynot
inateproperly,ortheairbagwillsqueezethe
obstacleintothepassenger'sbody,causing
seriousinjuryorevendeath.
Afterdeploymentoftheairbag,airbags
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relatedcomponentsatbothsidesofthe
roofrailsabovethesteeringwheeland/or
instrumentpanelandfrontandreardoors
willbecomeveryhot.DONOTtouchairbag
relatedcomponentsimmediatelyafterthe
airbagsaredeployedtoavoidinjuries.
DONOTknockorstrikethepositionwhere
airbagsorrelatedpartsarelocated,soas
toavoidaccidentalairbagdeploymentwhich
maycauseseriousinjuryorevendeath.
Intheeventofacollision,theairbagcontrolmodule
monitorstherateofdecelerationoraccelerationinduced
bythecollision,todeterminewhethertheairbagsshould
bedeployed.Airbagdeploymentisvirtuallyinstantaneous
andoccurswithconsiderableforce,accompaniedbya
loudnoise.
Whenvehiclesencounterseriousfrontalcollision,
completelydeployedairbagswithcorrectlywornseat
beltscanlimitthemovementofdriverandfrontpassenger,
andreducetheriskofheadandchestinjury.Forvehicles
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