Seating and Safety Restraints
Frontpassengersensingsystem
Forairbagstodotheirjobtheymustinflatewithgreatforce,andthis
forcecanposeapotentiallydeadlyrisktooccupantsthatareveryclose
totheairbagwhenitbeginstoinflate.Forsomeoccupants,likeinfants
inrear-facingchildseats,thisoccursbecausetheyareinitiallysitting
veryclosetotheairbag.Forotheroccupants,thisoccurswhenthe
occupantisnotproperlyrestrainedbysafetybeltsorchildsafetyseats
andtheymoveforwardduringpre-crashbraking.Themosteffectiveway
toreducetheriskofunnecessaryinjuriesistomakesurealloccupants
areproperlyrestrained.Accidentstatisticssuggestthatchildrenare
muchsaferwhenproperlyrestrainedintherearseatingpositionsthanin
thefront.
WARNING:Airbagscankillorinjureachildinachildseat.
NEVERplacearear-facingchildseatinfrontofanactiveair
bag.Ifyoumustuseaforward-facingchildseatinthefrontseat,move
theseatallthewayback.
WARNING:Whenpossible,allchildren12yearsoldandunder
shouldbeproperlyrestrainedinarearseatingposition.
Thefrontpassengersensingsystemcanautomaticallyturnoffthe
passengerfrontairbag.Thesystemisdesignedtohelpprotectsmall
(childsize)occupantsfromairbagdeploymentswhentheyare
improperlyseatedorrestrainedinthefrontpassengerseatcontraryto
properchild-seatingorrestraintusagerecommendations.Evenwiththis
technology,parentsareSTRONGLYencouragedtoalwaysproperly
restrainchildrenintherearseat.Thesensoralsoturnsoffthepassenger
frontairbagandpassengerseat-mountedsideairbagwhenthepassenger
seatisempty.
Whenthefrontpassengerseatisoccupiedandthesensingsystemhas
turnedoffthepassenger’sfrontalairbag,the“passairbagoff”indicator
willlightandstaylittoremindyouthatthefrontpassengerfrontal
airbagisoff.SeeFrontpassengersensingsystemintheairbagssection
ofthischapter.
Frontsafetybeltusagesensors
Thefrontsafetybeltusagesensorsdetectwhetherornotthedriverand
frontoutboardpassengersafetybeltsarefastened.Thisinformation
allowsyourPersonalSafetySystemtotailortheairbagdeploymentand
safetybeltpretensioneractivationdependinguponsafetybeltusage.
RefertoSafetyrestraintssectioninthischapter.
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