Your Vehicle's Safety System

Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) - Airbag

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Hyundai Elantra. Air Bag - Advanced Supplemental Restraint System

1. Driver's Front Airbag
2. Passenger's Front Airbag
3. Side Airbag
4. Curtain Airbag
5. Driver's Knee Airbag

This vehicle is equipped with an advanced supplemental airbag system for the driver's seat and front passenger's seat.

The front airbags are designed to supplement the three-point seat belts. For the airbags to provide protection, the seat belts must be fastened at all times while driving.

You may be seriously injured or killed in an accident if you do not wear your seat belt. Airbags are designed to supplement seat belts, but not replace them. In addition, airbags are not designed to deploy in every collision. In some accidents, seat belts are the only thing protecting you.

WARNING

SRS AIRBAG PRECAUTIONS

ALWAYS use seat belts and child restraints on every trip, every time, for everyone! Even with airbags, you can be seriously injured or killed in a collision if you are improperly restrained or not wearing a seat belt when an airbag deploys.

NEVER place a child in a child restraint or booster seat on the front passenger seat. The deploying airbag can strike the infant or child with great force, which may result in serious or fatal injury.

ABC - Always secure children under 13 years old in the rear seat. The rear seat is the safest place for children of any age. If a child aged 13 or older must sit in the front seat, he or she must be properly restrained and the seat must be moved as far back as possible.

All occupants should sit upright with the seatback in the upright position, sit on the seat cushion with the seat belt fastened, and keep their feet on the floor with legs comfortably extended, until the vehicle is parked and the engine is turned off. If an occupant is out of position during a crash, the rapidly deploying airbag may strike the occupant with force, resulting in serious or fatal injury.

You and your passengers should never sit or lean unnecessarily close to the airbags, or lean against the door or center console. Move your seat as far back as possible from the front airbags while still maintaining control of the vehicle. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recommends that drivers maintain a distance of at least 10 inches (25 cm) between the center of the steering wheel and the chest.

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