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Essential Safety Equipment

SRS Air Bags

Form No. 8R65-EA-03C

Children should be protected by a child-restraint system. Laws vary on the size a child 
must be to use a child-restraint system (page 2-18).
Carefully consider which child-restraint system is necessary for your child and follow the 
installation directions in this Owner

s Manual as well as the child-restraint system 

manufacturer

s instructions.

Air Bags without Seat Belts:
Depending only on the air bags for protection during an accident is dangerous. 
Alone, air bags may not prevent serious injuries. The appropriate air bags can be 
expected to inflate only in collisions with frontal, near frontal or side forces that are at 
least moderate. Vehicle occupants should always wear seat belts.

Child in the Front Seat:
Placing a child, 12 years or under, in the front seat is dangerous. The child could be 
hit by a deploying air bag and be seriously injured or even killed. A sleeping child is 
more likely to lean against the door and be hit by the side air bag in a moderate, right-
side collision. Whenever possible, always secure a child 12 years and under on the 
rear seat with an appropriate child-restraint system for the child

s age and size.

Rear-Facing Child-Restraint System:
Rear-facing child-restraint systems on the front seat are particularly dangerous.
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. NEVER use a rear-facing 
child-restraint system in the front seat with an air bag that could deploy even in a 
moderate collision.

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.

WARNING

Deploying air bag

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