Seating and Safety Restraints
Children and air bags
Childrenmustalwaysbeproperly
restrained.Accidentstatistics
suggestthatchildrenaresaferwhen
properlyrestrainedintherear
seatingpositionsthaninthefront
seatingposition.Failuretofollow
theseinstructionsmayincreasethe
riskofinjuryinacollision.
Airbagscankillorinjurea
childinachildseat.
NEVERplacearear-facingchild
seatinfrontofanactiveairbag.If
youmustuseaforward-facing
childseatinthefrontseat,move
theseatallthewayback.
How does the air bag supplemental restraint system work?
TheairbagSRSisdesignedto
activatewhenthevehiclesustainsa
longitudinaldecelerationsufficient
tocausetheairbagsensorstoclose
anelectricalcircuitthatinitiatesair
baginflation.Thefactthattheair
bagsdidnotinflateinacollision
doesnotmeanthatsomethingis
wrongwiththesystem.Rather,it
meanstheforceswerenotsufficient
enoughtocauseactivation.Airbags
aredesignedtoinflateinfrontaland
near-frontalcollisions,notrollover,side-impact,orrear-impactsunless
thecollisioncausessufficientlongitudinaldeceleration.
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| Model Year | 2003 |
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