Seating and Safety Restraints
totheairbagwhenitbeginstoinflate.Forsomeoccupants,thisoccurs
becausetheyareinitiallysittingveryclosetotheairbag.Forother
occupants,thisoccurswhentheoccupantisnotproperlyrestrainedby
safetybeltsorchildsafetyseatsandtheymoveforwardduringpre-crash
braking.Themosteffectivewaytoreducetheriskofunnecessary
injuriesistomakesurealloccupantsareproperlyrestrained.Accident
statisticssuggestthatchildrenaremuchsaferwhenproperlyrestrained
intherearseatingpositionsthaninthefront.
Airbagscankillorinjureachildinachildseat.NEVERplacea
rear-facingchildseatinfrontofanactiveairbag.Ifyoumust
useaforward-facingchildseatinthefrontseat,movetheseatallthe
wayback.
Alwaystransportchildren12yearsoldandunderintheback
seatandalwaysproperlyuseappropriatechildrestraints.
Thefrontpassengersensingsystemcanautomaticallyturnoffthefront
passengerairbagandpassengerseat-mountedsideairbag.Thesystemis
designedtohelpprotectsmall(childsize)occupantsfromfrontalairbag
deploymentswhentheyareseatedorrestrainedinthefrontpassenger
seatcontrarytoproperchild-seatingorrestraintusage
recommendations.Evenwiththistechnology,parentsareSTRONGLY
encouragedtoalwaysproperlyrestrainchildrenintherearseat.The
sensoralsoturnsoffthepassengerfrontairbagandpassenger
seat-mountedsideairbagwhenthepassengerseatisemptyandthe
safetybeltisunbuckled,orwhenachildorasmallpersonoccupiesthe
frontpassengerseatandthesafetybeltisunbuckled.
Frontsafetybeltusagesensors
Thefrontsafetybeltusagesensorsdetectwhetherornotthedriverand
frontoutboardpassengersafetybeltsarefastened.Thisinformation
allowsyourPersonalSafetySystem™totailortheairbagdeployment
andsafetybeltpretensioneractivationdependinguponsafetybeltusage.
RefertoSafetybeltsectioninthischapter.
Frontsafetybeltpretensioners
Thesafetybeltpretensionersatthefrontoutboardseatingpositionsare
designedtotightenthesafetybeltsfirmlyagainsttheoccupant’sbody
duringfrontalcollisionsandinsidecollisionswhenthesidecurtainsand
sideairbagsareactivated.Thishelpsincreasetheeffectivenessofthe
safetybelts.Infrontalcollisions,thesafetybeltpretensionerscanbe
activatedaloneor,ifthecollisionisofsufficientseverity,togetherwith
thefrontairbags.
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