Essential Safety Equipment; System Description; Rear-Facing Child Restraint:- Page 45

Essential Safety Equipment

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WARNING

Rear-Facing Child Restraint:
When a rear-facing child restraint
is installed on the passenger seat
and the passenger side air bag de-
activation switch is not in the OFF
position, it is extremely dangerous.
In an accident, the air bag could
inflate and cause serious injuries or
even death to the child in the
rear-facing child restraint. When
first installing a rear-facing child
restraint until it is removed, always
set and leave the passenger side air
bag deactivation switch in the OFF
position.

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System Description

The air bag system consists of:

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Driver and passenger air bag modules
(which include the inflators and air
bags)

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One or more impact and safing sen-
sors, passenger air bag deactivation
(PAD) switch and diagnostic monitor

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Readiness light and tone

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Electrical wiring which connects the
components