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Essential Safety Equipment

SRS Air Bags

  Never use a rear-facing child-restraint system in the front seat with an air bag that 
could deploy:

  Rear-facing child-restraint systems on the front seat are particularly dangerous even 
though you may feel assured that a front passenger air bag will not deploy based on 
the fact that the front passenger air bag deactivation indicator light illuminates. The 
child-restraint system can be hit by a deploying air bag and moved violently backward 
resulting in serious injury or death to the child.

  Do not sit too close to the driver and front passenger air bags:

  Sitting too close to the driver and front passenger air bag modules or placing hands or 
feet on them is extremely dangerous. The driver and front passenger air bags infl ate 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 fl oor. Front seat occupants should adjust their seats as 
far back as possible and always sit upright against the seatbacks with seat belts worn 
properly.
  

  Sit in the center of the seat and wear seat belts properly:

  Sitting too close to the side air bag modules or placing hands on them, or sleeping up 
against the door or hanging out the windows is extremely dangerous. The side and 
curtain air bags infl ate with great force and speed directly expanding along the 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. 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.
  

  Do not attach objects on or around the area where driver and front passenger air bags 
deploy:

  Attaching an object to the driver and front passenger air bag modules or placing 
something in front of them is dangerous. In an accident, an object could interfere with air 
bag infl ation and injure the occupants.