Seats and Safety System

Airbag — Supplemental Restraint System

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

This vehicle is equipped with a 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, not replace them. Also, airbags are not designed to deploy in every collision. In some accidents, seat belts are the only restraint that protects you.

WARNING

SRS AIRBAG PRECAUTIONS

ALWAYS wear your seat belt and secure children in child restraint systems - on every trip, every time, every one! 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 the airbag deploys.

NEVER place a child restraint system or booster seat in the front passenger seat unless the passenger airbag is turned off.

A deploying airbag can strike an infant or child with great force, resulting in serious or fatal injury.

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

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

You and your passengers should never sit or lean too close to the airbags, or lean against the door or center console.

Move the seat as far back from the front airbags as possible without compromising your ability to control the vehicle. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recommends that drivers keep at least 10 inches (25 cm) between the center of the steering wheel and the chest.

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