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Essential Safety Equipment

SRS Air Bags

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 air bags 

inflate 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. Give the side 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 passenger air bags 

deploy:

Attaching an object to the driver and passenger air bag modules or placing something in 

front of them is dangerous. In an accident, an object could interfere with air bag inflation 

and injure the occupants.

Do not attach objects on or around the area where a side air bag deploys:

Attaching objects to the 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 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 releasing the gas.

Do not hang net bags, map pouches or backpacks with side straps on the seats. Never use 

seat covers on the seats. Always keep the side air bag modules in your seats free to deploy 

in the event of a side collision.

Do not touch the components of the supplemental restraint system after the air bags 

have inflated:

Touching the components of the supplemental restraint system after the air bags have 

inflated is dangerous. Immediately after inflation, they are very hot. You could get burned.

Never install any front-end equipment to your vehicle:

Installation of front-end equipment, such as frontal protection bar (kangaroo bar, bull 

bar, push bar, or other similar devices), snowplow, or winches, is dangerous. The air bag 

crash sensor system could be affected. This could cause air bags to inflate unexpectedly, 

or it could prevent the air bags from inflating during an accident. Occupants could be 

seriously injured.

Do not modify the suspension:

Modifying the vehicle suspension is dangerous. If the vehicle's height or the suspension is 

modified, the vehicle will be unable to accurately detect a collision resulting in incorrect 

or unexpected air bag deployment and the possibility of serious injuries.

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