2006 Lexus LS 430 Owners Manual - Page 82

1-7. Safety information CAUTION The seat should be adjusted as recommended by NHTSA above, while still maintaining control of the foot pedals, steering wheel and your view of the instrument panel controls. l If the seat belt extender has been con- 1 Before driving nected to the driver's seat belt buckle but the seat belt extender has also not also been fastened to the latch plate of the driver's seat belt, the SRS driver's airbag system will judge that the driver is wearing the seat belt, even though the seat belt has not been connected. In this case the driver's airbag may not activate correctly, in a collision, resulting in death or serious injury in the event of collision. Be sure to wear the seat belt with the seat belt extender. l The SRS front passenger airbag also deploys by a considerable force and can cause death or serious injury especially, if the front passenger is very close to the airbag. The front passenger seat should be as far from the airbag as possible with the seatback adjusted, so the front passenger sits upright. 67