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Essential Safety Equipment

SRS Air Bags

Form No. 8S18-EA-03I

Seating Position with Front Air Bags:
Sitting too close to the air bag modules or placing hands or feet on them is extremely 
dangerous. Front air bags inflate with great force and speed. Serious injuries could 
occur if someone is too close. The driver should always hold onto only the rim of the 
steering wheel. The front seat passenger should keep both feet on the floor. Front seat 
occupants should adjust their seats as far back as possible and always sit upright 
against the seatbacks with seat belts worn properly.

Seating Position with Side and Curtain Air Bags:
Sitting too close to the side air bag modules or placing hands on them is extremely 
dangerous. The side air bags inflate with great force and speed directly out of the 
outboard side of the front seat and expand along the front door on the side the car is 
hit. Serious injury could occur if someone is sitting too close to the door or leaning 
against a window, or if rear seat occupants grab the sides of the front seatbacks. 
Furthermore, sleeping up against the door or hanging out the windows in the vehicle 
could block the side and curtain air bags and eliminate the advantages of 
supplemental protection. Give the side and curtain air bags room to work by sitting in 
the center of the seat while the vehicle is moving with seat belts worn properly.

Front Air Bag Modules:
Attaching an object to the front air bag modules or placing something in front of them 
is dangerous. In an accident, the object could interfere with front air bag inflation 
and injure the occupants.
Always keep the front air bag modules free of objects.

Side Air Bag Modules:
Attaching things to the front seat in such a way as to cover the outboard side of the 
seat in any way is dangerous. In an accident the object could interfere with the side 
air bag, which inflates from the outboard side of the front seats, impeding the added 
protection of the side air bag system or redirecting the air bag in a way that is 
dangerous. Furthermore, the bag could be cut open spewing exhaust.
Do not hang net bags, map pouches or backpacks with side straps on the front seats. 
Never use seat covers on the front seats. Always keep the side air bag modules in your 
front seats free to deploy in the event of a side collision.

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