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Essential Safety Equipment

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WARNING

Passenger Seated and Restrained:
If a passenger is not properly seated
and restrained, an inflating air
bag could cause a serious injury or
death.

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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How the Air Bag Works

When air bag crash sensors detect a
greater than moderate frontal impact
(more severe than hitting a parked vehi-
cle of similar size and weight head-on
at about 28 mph [45 km/h]), an electrical
current is sent to the inflator and nitrogen
gas is produced to inflate the air bag.
After the inflation, the bag quickly
deflates.