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Safety 33 Airbag WARNING To reduce risk of injury: • Always wear your safety belt. • Always adjust your seat so that you are as far back as possible but still able to reach the steering wheel and controls comfortably. • Children 12 and under or shorter than 55 inches (140 cm) should always travel in the rear as the vehicle is equipped with an airbag on the passenger side. The AIRBAG system comprises an airbag in the steering wheel, a front passenger airbag and side airbags in the front seats. The system supplements the protection provided by the safety belts to further enhance the safety of the occupants. If a fault is detected in the AIRBAG, the AIR BAG warning light on the main instrument panel will come on (see pages 58 and 38). When the system is triggered by impact of a frontal crash, the airbags in the steering wheel and passenger side of the dash board are inflated, after which they deflate through vents in the back of the bags. The front airbags are inflated in two stages. Stage 1: process is a less severe, softer inflation of the airbag. This stage is used in lower force crashes, or if the seat is positioned close to the steering wheel or dashboard. Stage 2: process is a more forceful and quicker inflation of the airbag. This stage is used in more severe crashes and/or when the seat adjustment is back a significant distance from the steering wheel or dashboard. Note: The sensor reacts differently depending on whether or not the front seatbelts on the driver's and passenger sides are used. Situations can therefore arise where only one of the airbags inflates. The entire process takes less than 0.1 second - literally, faster than the blinking of an eye. These airbags are triggered only by moderate to severe frontal or near-frontal crashes. They will not be activated by minor front-end impacts, rear-end or side impacts, or by the car rolling over. WARNING • Even if the car is equipped with AIRBAG, safety belts must still always be worn by all occupants. • Note that because an airbag inflates and deflates extremely rapidly, it will not provide protection against a second impact occurring in the same incident. Always use your safety belt. • Always sit with the whole of your back in contact with the backrest of the seat, and with your seat as far back as is practical. Otherwise you will be thrown back against the backrest when the airbag inflates which could cause you injury or death. The airbag needs room in which to inflate. • Never attach anything to the steering wheel or passenger side of the instrument panel, as this could result in injury if the airbag should inflate. The same applies to anything you might have in your mouth, such as a pipe, for instance. • Some components of the airbag will be warm for a short time. In some circumstances the airbag can cause minor burns or abrasions to the body when the airbag inflates/deflates.

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33
Safety
Airbag
The AIRBAG system comprises an airbag in
the steering wheel, a front passenger airbag
and side airbags in the front seats.
The system supplements the protection
provided by the safety belts to further
enhance the safety of the occupants.
If a fault is detected in the AIRBAG, the
AIR BAG warning light on the main instru-
ment panel will come on (see pages 58 and
38).
When the system is triggered by impact of a
frontal crash, the airbags in the steering
wheel and passenger side of the dash board
are inflated, after which they deflate through
vents in the back of the bags.
The front airbags are inflated in two stages.
Stage 1: process is a less severe, softer
inflation of the airbag. This stage is used in
lower force crashes, or if the seat is posi-
tioned close to the steering wheel or dash-
board.
Stage 2: process is a more forceful and
quicker inflation of the airbag. This stage is
used in more severe crashes and/or when
the seat adjustment is back a significant
distance from the steering wheel or dash-
board.
Note:
The sensor reacts differently depending on
whether or not the front seatbelts on the
driver’s and passenger sides are used. Situ-
ations can therefore arise where only one of
the airbags inflates.
The entire process takes less than
0.1 second – literally, faster than the blink-
ing of an eye.
These airbags are triggered only by moder-
ate to severe frontal or near-frontal crashes.
They will not be activated by minor front-end
impacts, rear-end or side impacts, or by the
car rolling over.
WARNING
To reduce risk of injury:
•
Always
wear your safety belt.
•
Always
adjust your seat so that you
are as far back as possible but still
able to reach the steering wheel and
controls comfortably.
•
Children 12 and under or shorter than
55 inches (140 cm) should
always
travel in the rear as the vehicle is
equipped with an airbag on the
passenger side.
WARNING
•
Even if the car is equipped with
AIRBAG, safety belts must still
always
be worn by all occupants.
•
Note that because an airbag inflates
and deflates extremely rapidly, it will
not provide protection against a
second impact occurring in the same
incident.
Always
use your safety belt.
•
Always sit with the whole of your back
in contact with the backrest of the seat,
and with your seat as far back as is
practical. Otherwise you will be thrown
back against the backrest when the
airbag inflates which could cause you
injury or death. The airbag needs
room in which to inflate.
•
Never attach anything to the steering
wheel or passenger side of the instru-
ment panel, as this could result in
injury if the airbag should inflate. The
same applies to anything you might
have in your mouth, such as a pipe, for
instance.
•
Some components of the airbag will
be warm for a short time. In some
circumstances the airbag can cause
minor burns or abrasions to the body
when the airbag inflates/deflates.