2008 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA seats

Booklet 2.1 Safety first
sa ril y an indica tio n of whe ther an airb ag sh ou ld
in fla te or not.
is not poss ible defin e a ran ge o f ve hicl e
s peeds w ill cove r every po ssibl e kind and
ang le of im pac t will always trigger the air ­
ba gs, s ince cir cum stances will vary consi d­
e ra bl y betw ee n one c olli sion and anoth er. Im­
fa ctors includ e, for exa mpl e, !h e (h ard or sof t) of o bj ec t th e ca r h its, the
a n gle of impact, ve hicl e sp eed, The fron t a ir ­
bag s w ill also inflat e in side or rear colli­
s io ns. or in rollo vers .
A lway s re m emb er: Airbag s will d eploy only
once, and o nly in certain k inds of collisions.
Your safet y belt s are always
offe r protec­in those si!U alion s in which airbag s no t
s upp osed depl oy, or whe n th ey have a lread y
dep loyed ; fo r exa mple, when your ve hicle str ikes
or is
by ano th er after fir s! co llisio n.
Thi s is ju st
of th e re a so ns w hy an air bag is a
s upp lem ent ary and is not a sub sli!Ule
for a sa fe ty belt. The airba g sys te m wo rks mo st
effecti vely w hen use d with the safety belt s.
Th erefo re, a lways properly wear yo ur safe ty
be lts
13,
WARNING
Silt ing lo o clo se lo !he stee ring w hee l or in­
s trumen t pane l wil l d ec rease !he effe ctive ness
of the air b ags a nd
will incr ease th e risk of per ­
so nal injury in a co llision .
• Never sit clo ser
JO in ch es (25 cm )
injur y is mu ch hi gher.
• You
will also rece ive serious injuries co uld even be killed if you are up agai nst th e
28 Airbag syst em
Cl WARN ING (continued)
airba g or too close to it when it infl ates -even
w ith an Advanced Airbag.
• To re duc e the ri sk of injury when an airb ag
infl ates, always wear saf ety belt s pro perl y
19, "Safe ty belts".
• Always make certain t hat c hildren age 12or
you nger alway s ride in th e rea r seat. If
dren a re not properly res train ed , th ey may be
se vere ly in jur ed or killed an air b ag in­
fl ates .
• Neve r let ch ild ren r ide unr estrai ned or im ­
pr op erly restrained in the vehicl e. Adju st th e
front seats prope rly.
• Nev er rid e w ith the backres t recl ined.
• Alway s sit as far as poss ible from th e
s tee rin g w hee l or the in strum ent pan el
4.
• Always s it uprig ht wit h yo ur back agains t
the back res t of you r seat.
• Never place y our feet o n th e in strument
pane l o r o n th e se al. Alway s kee p both fee t on
th e floor in fro nt of the sca t to help pr eve nt se­
riou s in ju ries to th e legs and hips if th e air bag
in flates.
• Neve r recl ine th e fro nt p asse nge r's sea l to
tr anspo rt objects . Items can also move into
th e area of th e sid e a irba g or the
airbag
durin g braking or in a sudd en maneuver.
jec ts near th e airb ags can become projectile s
and cause injury when an airba g infl ates .
WARNING
Airb ags that have deplo yed in a cras h mu st b e
re placed.
• U se on ly orig inal e quipm ent air bag s ap­
pro ved by V olk swage n and insta lle d by
tra in ed tec hni cian w ho has the nece ssary
t oo ls an d dia gno stic equ ip m en t lo prope rly
r e p lace any airbag in your ve hicl e and assure
sys tem effect ive ness in a
• Nev er permit salva ged or r ec ycl ed airb ags
t o be in sta lled in your

Booklet 2.1 Safety first
Child restraints on the front seat some important things to know
- Be sure lo read the import ant informa­
tion and hea d th e WARNINGS for impor­
tant detai ls abou t ch ildr en and Advanced
Airbags
5 1.
Ev en though your ve hicl e is equipp ed wi th an
Ad vanced A irbag S yste m , mak e certain all
chi ldren, e spec iall y thos e 12 years and youn ger,
a lwa ys ride in the back se at prop erly restrain ed
fo r th eir age a nd size. The airbag on the pa s­
s e nger side mak es th e front sea t a pote ntially
dangerou s pla ce fo r a ch ild to ride. Th e front sea t
i s not the safest pla ce for
chil d in forward­
faci ng c hild sea t. It can be very dangerou s
p la c e fo r an in fa nt or a child in a re a rward -facing
s ea t.
Th e Ad vanc ed Airbag System in yo ur vehi cle ha s
b ee n ce rtified
com ply wi th th e Requi re m en ts
of United Fed era l Moto r Ve hicl e Sta nd ard 208 as applica ble at the time your ve­
hicl e was manufactured .
Th e S tandard req uires th e fro nt airbag on the
pa ssenge r sid e
be turn ed off ("s upp re ss e d" ) if
a ch ild up to about one year of ag e restra ined in
on e of th e re ar-fa cin g or forward -faci ng infa nt
r es tra int s liste d in Federal Motor Ve hicle Safety
Sta nda rd 208 with whi ch th e Advan ced Ai rbag
S ys te m in your vehi cle wa s certifi ed has bee n in ­
stalled o n the front pass en ger se at. For a lis ting
o f th e child res traint s th at were u sed to ce rt ify
c omp lia nce w ith th e US Saf ety S tanda rd
53 .
Th e PASS ENGER AIR BAG OFF li ght in th e in ­
st rum ent panel tells you when th e fro nt Ad­
v a nce d Airbag on the passen ger sid e has been
turned off by the ele ctro nic cont rol
The PA SSENGER AIR BAG OFF light:
• will stay on if th e fro nt p ass eng er seat i s not
oc cupied,
• will stay on if t here is a small child or ch ild re­
s tra int on th e front passe ng er sea t,
• go off if th e front passe nge r is occ u­
pied by an ad ult as re g is te red by th e w eigh t­
s e n sing mat
39, "Mon itor ing the Ad­
va nce d Airbag S yste m ".
The PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF li ght comes on
wh en th e con trol unit detec ts a tota l wei gh t on the
pa
ssen ger sea t th at requ ires th e front
a ir bag to be turned off.
I f the tota l w eig ht on the fron t pa sse nger seat is
mor e th an
of a typical I year- old chil d le ss than the weight of a sma ll ad ult , th e front
a ir bag on the passenger side ca n dep loy (th e
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light do es not co me
o n ). If t he PA SSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does
no t come o n, t he fron t airb ag o n the pas se nger
s id e has not bee n tu rn ed off by the e lectro nic
c ont ro l u ni t and can dep loy if th e co ntro l u nit
s ens es an impact th at meet s th e cond ition s
sto re d in its m em ory.
For exampl e, the air b ag may dep loy if:
• a small ch ild that i s heavie r
a ryp ic al I
y ea r-old c hild is o n th e front passenger seat (r e­
gard less of wh eth er th e child is in on e of the
c hild seats liste d
53), or
• a chil d who ha s outgrown c hild res tra int s is
on the front pa ssenger sea t.
I f th e fro nt pa ssenger airbag i s turn ed off,
PA SSENGER AIR BAG OFF l ig ht s up in the in­
s tru ment clu ste r and stays on.
Th e fr on t a irbag on the pass e nger sid e will de­
plo y if th e PAS SENGER AIR BAG OFF li ght does
co me o n an d stay o n even if a small ad ult or
te enager, o r a pa sse nger w ho is s itt in g up ­
right with th ei r back against a no n-re clin ed
back res t w ith th eir fe et on the ve hicle floor in
fr ont of t he se at is on the front passeng er se at
4 , " Proper occupant sea tin g pos itio ns" .
If th e front p assenger air bag deplo ys , th e Fe dera l
Standard r equir es th e airb ag to m eet th e "low
deplo ym en t cri te ri a to re duc e th e ris k of in­
ju ry throu gh int era ction with the airbag .
risk" dep loy men t oc cu rs in t hos e tak e place lower d ecelerat ion s as defined in
the e le ctron ic c ontro l uni t 39, "PAS­
SENG ER BAG OFF l ight".
Alway s re m ember ,
child seat or infant carr ie r
i nsta lle d on front se at may be struck and
kn ocke d o ut of position b y the rapid ly inflat ing
pa sseng er's airbag in a frontal co llis ion. The
a irb ag co uld g re a tly red uce the eff ect ive ness of
th e c hild res traint a nd even se ri ou sly inj ur e th e
ch ild dur ing in flat ion. .,_
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Booklet 2.1 Safety first
Front airbag system -the basics
Description of front airbags
The airbag system can provide supplemental protection to properly restrained
front seat
Fig. 21 L ocotion of d rive r airbag: in steer ing whee l
Your is fru 11L
"A dva nced Airbag in co mplian ce United Stales Fede ral Moto r Veh icle Safery dard (FMVSS ) 208 as applicab le a l time your
ve hicle was manufac tu re d . Yo ur vehicle is also
e quipped
side airbags fo r driver and seal passe nge r. Your vehicl e ma y also be wit h op tional sid e ai rb ags for re ar board T he belt s for front and
r ea r ou tboa rd seats equipped with opti onal side
a irbags have "pretensioner s" that help to take
s lack
of th e belt sys tem. The pret en sio ners
ar e also activa te d by the ele ctroni c control
for airbag syste m.
The front a nd outb oard r ea r seats
belts
al so hav e loa d limit ers to help reduce force s
appli ed to body in a crash.
Th e airbag for
driver is in steering whee l
h ub 2 1 an d airb ag for th e fr o nt pas­
se nger is in in strum ent panel 22. Th e location of airba gs is marked
There is a yo u n eed to know airb ags
in your vehicle. \V e urge you rea d detail ed
in forma tion airbags, safety and child
safety in this and th e oth er bookl ets th at mak e
Fig. 22 Location of front passenger's airbag: in the
instrume nt pa nel
up 1he ow ner 's literawre. Please be s ure to h eed WARNI NGS -th ey arc ext remely for your safet y and the sa fety of yo ur pass enger s,
especially infants and sm all childr en.
WARNING
Ne ver re ly o n air bags alone for protection.
• Even w hen th ey deplo y, airbags provide
on ly s uppl em en tal prot ection.
• Airbag work mo st effectivel y when used
w ith prop erly wo rn safety belts.
• Th erefore, always wear your safety belts
and make sur e
everybody in your vehicle
is properly re strained.
WARNING
A person on front pa ssenger seat , espe­
ci ally infants and sma ll childr en, w ill rec eive
se riou s injuri es and can even be killed by
being too close to lhe airbag when
it inflat es.
• Although
Advanced Airbag Syste m in
yo ur vehicl e is designed to turn off the
passenger airbag an infant or a small child in
o ne of the child restraints used to cer tify
Adva nced A irbag Sys te m i s on pas-
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WARNING (con tinued)
• Al ways insta ll r ear -faci ng child seats o n th e
rea r seat.
• If yo u mu st in sta ll a reanva rd faci ng c hild
se at on th e fr ont p asse nger seat beca use of ex­
c epti onal cir cum stance s an d th e PAS SEN GER
AIR BAG OFF light do es not co me o n an d stay
on, immedi ate ly in sta ll th e rear -fa cin g child
sea t in
re ar se a ti ng po siti on and hav e th e
a irba g syste m inspe cte d b y yo ur Volk swagen
d ea le r.
WARNING
O bj ec ts be twee n yo u and th e airbag w ill in ­
c rease the r is k of injury in a c rash by int er­
fe rin g w ith th e way the a ir ba g unfold s or by
b ein g pu sh ed into yo u as the a ir ba g infl ates.
• Never hold thin gs in your hand s or on your
l a p when the v ehicl e is in u se.
• Neve r tran sport item s on or in th e area of
the f ront p asse nger sea t. Obj ec ts co uld move
int o th e a rea of the front airb ags durin g
br ak ing o r oth er su dden man euv er and be­
co me dange ro us pro jec tiles that ca n ca use se­
ri ou s
injur y airba gs infl ate.
• Neve r place or att ac h acce ssori es or oth er
o bj ec ts (s uch as c up h old ers, tele phon e
bra ckets, la rge , h eav y or bul ky obj ects) on the
d oor s, ove r or n ear th e area mark ed "AIRB AG"
o n th e steer ing wh eel, in strum ent pan el, sca t
b ac krests or b etw een those a reas
36,
fi g. 23 and yourself. T hese ob jec ts coul d ca use
in ju ry in a cras h, es pecia lly w hen th e airbags
infl ate .
• Nev er re clin e th e fro nt p asse nge r's sca t to
t ra nsp o rt obj ec ts. Item s can also move into
th e are a of the sid e airba g or the front air b ag
durin g bra kin g or in a s udd en m an eu ve r. Ob­
j ec ts nea r th e a irb ags can beco me pro jec tiles
a nd cause inj ury , p articu lar ly w hen th e sea t is
r ecl ined .
• Always make s ure that no thin g is on th e
fr ont pass enger s eat that will cause the
we ig ht -se nsing mat in th e scat to sense that
t h e sea t is occupi ed or is occ upie d b y a perso n
th at i s hea vier th an th e occ upa nt actually on
38 Airbag system
WA RN IN G (con tinued)
th e s eat. Th e w eight oflhe obj ect could cause
the pas senge r sid e airbag t o be turn ed on
wh en it shoul d be off o r could cau se the a irbag
to fun ctio n in a w ay th at is diff ere nt fro m the
way it wo uld h ave w orked with o ut th e added
we ig ht .
• Always make s ure th at nothin g on th e front
pa sse nge r sca t w hen the bac krest is fold ed for­
w ard. Eve n light obj ect s c ould b e pu sh ed int o
th e seat c ushi on and cause the weig ht-se nsin g
m at i n th e scat to reg is te r enou gh we ig ht to
turn th e airb ag on.
• Al ways make sur e that the s ta tu s s ignal ed
b y th e PAS SENGER AIR BAG OFF light is c or­
r ec t for the w ay that the front p assenger sea t is
b ein g use d.
WARNING
The fin e dust c rea ted wh en airb ags depl oy ca n
ca use brea thin g pr oblem s for p eople w ith a
hi sto ry of asthm a or o th er bre athin g condi ­
tion s.
• T o reduce the risk of brea thing problem s,
with asthm a or oth er res pir ato ry c ondi ­
ti o ns s hould get fr esh ai r right away by ge tting
o ut of the ve hicle o r openin g windows o r
d oor s.
• If y ou ar c in a co llisio n in w hi ch airb ags de­
pl oy, wash yo ur hand s and fa ce with mild soap
a nd wa te r b efo re e atin g.
• B e caref ul not to get th e du st int o yo ur
eyes , o r int o any c uts o r sc ratc hes.
• If th e re sid u e s hou ld ge t int o your eyes ,
flu sh th em with wate r.
Tips
If yo u or a pa sse nge r w ho yo u w ill be using your
ve hicl e has a d isab ility tha t ma y affect the way
t h e Advan ced Airb ag Sys te m in yo ur vehicle
wo rks, you can contact Volkswagen Custo m er
C ARE at 180 0 822-8987 for informa tion about
p oss ib le m od ifi ca tion s or o th er ste p s th at h elp
address th e sit uat io n .
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• mo ve th e c hild to a re ar sca t po siti on and
m ake sur e that th e ch ild is p ro perl y res train ed in
a child res traint that is appropriat e for it s size
and age.
T he PAS SENGER AIR BAG OFF li ght sh ould NOT
co me on when th e ignition i s on and an adult is
s ittin g in a prop er se ating p osition on th e front
pa sse nger sea t. If th e PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
l ight com es on and stays on und er th ese circum­
s tan ces, make sur e that :
• the adult on th e fron t pa sse nger seat i s prop­
e rl y se ate d on th e ce nter of the se at cu shion with
his or her ba ck up again st th e ba ckr es t and the
ba ckr es t is not r eclin ed
4 , " Prop er occu ­
p ant sea ting posit ion s."
Booklet 2.1 Safety first
• the a dult i s not takin g we ig ht off the se at b y
hold ing on to the pa sse nger a ssist h andl e above
th e fro nt passe nger door or supportin g their
wei ght on th e armre st or ho ld in g on to th e ass is t
handl e on the instrum ent p anel,
• th e safety belt is bei ng prop erl y
an d
tha t th ere is no t lot of sla ck in th e safet y belt
we bbin g,
• access ory seat cove rs o r cu shi ons or oth er
thin gs th at may cause an inco rre ct reading o r
impr ession on th e we ight -sensing m at under
th e up ho ls tery of the seat have be en rem ove d
fr om the front p asse nger sea t,
• the optio nal
b elt ex te nd er h as not
b een le ft in th e b elt lat ch for th e fron t pa s­
se ng er sea t.
Important safety instructions on monitoring the Advanced Airbag
System
WARNING
A n airbag syste m that is not functioning prop­
er ly cannot provide supplementa l protection
in a frontal crash.
• If the
indi cator light comes on, it
mean s that there may be s omething wron g
with the Adva nced Airbag Sy stem. It is pos­
sib le th at the airbag will inflate when it is not
suppo sed to, or will not inflate when it sh ou ld.
• Hav e the airb ag system inspected immedi­
at ely by you r Vo lkswage n dealer.
WARNING
If th e front airbag inflates, a child without a
child restraint, in a rearwa rd-facing child scat
or in a forward-faci ng child restraint that has
not been properly insta lled
b e s eriousl y
injured and can be killed.
• Eve n though your vehicle is equipped with
a n Advanced Airbag System, make certain
that all childr en , e specially 12 year s and
yo ung er, always rid e on the back scat properly
restrained for their age and size.
• Alwa ys install forward or rear-facing child
seat s on the
sea t-eve n with an Advanced
Airbag System.
• If yo u must in stall a rcanvard- faci ng c hild
sea t on the front passenger scat because or ex-
WARNING (co ntinued )
ceptional circumstance s and the PASSENGER
AIR BAG OFF light doe s not come on and stay
immedi ately install the rea r-facing chi ld
seat In a rear seating pos ition and have the
airba g syste m inspected by your Volkswagen
d ea ler.
• A tight tether or other strap on a
facing child r estraint attached to the front pas­
se nger sea t can pu t too mu ch pr essure on th e
weight-sens ing mat in the seat and register
more
weight than is actua lly on the sea t. The
h ea vier w eight registered can the
sys te m work as though an adult were on the
sea t and deploy th e A dvanced A irbag w hen
it mu st be suppre ssed caus ing seriou s or even
fat al injury to the c hild .
WARNING
An in sta ll ed c hild restraint can in­
t e rfe re with the airb ag as it deploy s and ser i­
ously injure or eve n kill the ch ild -even with
an Adva nced Airbag Sys tem. If, in excep tional
cir cumstan ces, you must install a fonvard­
facing chil d re straint on the front passenger 's
seat:
• child seats inst alled on the
front p assenger's seat m ay int erfere with the
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&, WARNING (contin ue d)
or strength or material so that the
airbag cannot deploy and protect properl y.
• Neve r rep air, ad just, or change any parts or
the airbag system .
• All work on the stee ring whe el, instrument
panel , front seats o r ele ctri ca l system (in ­
cluding th e in sta llat ion or a udio equipment,
ce llul ar te lep hon es and CB ra dios, etc.) must
b e performed by a
tec hnician who
has th e trainin g and specia l equipment ne ces­
sary.
•
an y work on the air bag system , stron gly rec omm end that you sec yo ur autho ­
rized Vo lkswagen dealer or qualified work­
s hop.
• Neve r modif y the front bumper or part s or
th e ve hicl e body.
• Alwa ys make sur e that the side a irbag can
without intcrrcrence:
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&, WARNING (continu ed)
Neve r install seat covers or replacemen t
uphol stery over the front scatback s th at
h ave not been specifica lly approved by
Vo lkswagen .
Never use additional seat cushions that
cover the areas w here the sid e air bags in­
nat e.
Damage to the or ig in al scat covers or to
th e sca m in the area or the s ide a irbag
modul e mu st a lway s be repaired immedi ­
at ely by an auth oriz ed Volk swagen dealer.
• The airbag system can be activated o nly
once.
a n airbag has it mu st be
re place d
• Us e on ly original equipment airbag s ap-
1>roved by Volkswagen and in stall ed by a
tra ined techn ician who has the nece ssary
too ls a nd dia gno sti c eq uipment to properl y
r e pla ce a ny airba g in yo ur ve hicle and assure
s ystem effectiveness in a cra sh.
• Neve r permit sa lvage d or recy cled airb ags
to be in sta lled in your vehicl e.
Other things that can affect Advanced Airbag performance
Chan ging th e su sp en sio n sys te m can
c h an ge th at the Adva nce d Airba g
Sys te m p erfo rm s in For e xampl e, usin g
tir e-rim combinati ons no t appro ved by V OLK­
S W AG EN. lowe ring th e v ehi cle, c hangin g th e
the
c han ges had not b een m ad e. Oth er kind s of
c h ang es ma y re du ce th e fo rce le vel s mea sur ed
the se nsor s and preve nt th e a irbag from de­
p lo yin g w hen it sh o uld .
Th e Adv anced Airb ag Sys te m in th e fro nt pas­
s en ger sea t w ill not wo rk lhe way it sh o uld i f th e
opti onal saf ety be lt ex te nd er i s not r em oved
fr om the
belt lat ch w hen th e se at is oc cu­
p ied and the s afe ty belt is no t b eing use d.
L eav ing th e ex tend er a u ac hed to the safe ty belt bu
ck le w hen the f ront sea t is occ upie d and th e
belt is no t b eing u sed w ill sign al th e airba g
c ontro l unit that the front passe nger scat i s oc ­
c upi ed and th at th e sa fe ty belt is bein g use d. T he
e lec troni c contr ol unit fo r th e ai rba g sys te m will
t h en re c eiv e in co rrec t in form ation that will
c au se th e s afet y belt pret en sio ncr and front pas­
se ng er airb ag to depl oy la te r in collision s th at
wo uld n orm ally tr igge r th ese syste m s e arli er in
th e co llision to help prote ct an unre strained
sea t occupant. In addit io n , th e belt
ex te nd er mu st n eve r b e use d to sec ure child re ­
s traint s to the fro nt p asse nger
Fo r th at
r e as on , a lw ays re mo ve th e sarety belt exte n der
w hen it is not needed and stow it sa fel y
22.
Th e se nsor s in th e s arety belt bu ckle for th e
drive r and front pa ssenger se at te ll th e ele c­
t ro nic co ntrol m odul e if th e s afe ty belt is la tc h ed
o r n ot. I f th e s afet y belt is being u sed, th e f ront
airbag will dep lo y at
slightly high er rat e or ve ­
hi cle decele ration than if th e saf ety b elt i s no t
b ein g use d. Therefo re , in a parti cul ar colli sio n, it
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i s poss ible an airba g not d epl oy a
se ating p osition where th e s afely belt is being
u se d
will inflat e at the pos ition where b elt is noc be ing use d. It i s thal
nothin g im erfer e belt bu ck les so
th al th e se nsors can se nd corr ect in forma ­ab oul safe ty be lt use th e e lec troni c co n­
t ro l
WARN ING
Chan gin g th e ve hicle's suspension including
use of unapproved tire-rim combinations can
c hange Advan ced Airbag performanc e and in­
creas e th e risk of serious persona l inju ry in a
c ra sh.
• Never install sus pens ion co mpon ents that
do not have the same performance characte r­
i st ics as the components originally installed
on yo ur vehicle.
• Never u se tire -rim combination s that h ave
not been approved by VOLKSWAGEN.
Side airbags
Applies to vehicles: with side airbags
Description of side airbags
WARNING
Leaving the optiona l safety belt extender at ­
t ached to the safety belt latch on the front pas­
senger seat when the safety belt is not bein g
u sed w ill prevent the Advanced Airbag System
fr om funct ion ing proper ly and can increa se
th e r isk of se rious perso nal injur y in a co lli­
sio n.
• Alway s remove the sa fety belt exte nder
when it is 1101 n ee ded a11d stu w i I safe ly it is not bein g used with the safet y belt.
• Nev er use th e safe ty belt extender to sec ure
a chi ld restraint at any seating positi on.
WARN ING
Item s stored between the safe ty be lt buckle
and the center co nso le can ca use th e sensor s
in the buckle to send the wro ng information to
elec troni c control module and preven t the
Advanced A irbag system from working prop­
er ly.
• Always make s ure that nothing can inter ­
fere with th e safety belt buckl es a nd that they
a re not obstructed.
Th e sid e airba g system ca n provide supplem ental prot ection to prop erl y re­
s train ed fron t seat o ccupan ts.
Fi g. 26 Side airbag in driver seot
44 Airbag system
The sid e airba gs are in paddin g in fro nt seats 26 . Yo ur vehicl e m ay a lso be
eq uipped with optional sid e airb ags for th e re ar
p os itions. Th e gen eral l ocatio n is
id entifi ed b y th e wo rd in th e uppe r re­
g io n of the b ackres ts
The side airb ag sys tem basica lly co nsis ts of:
• The elec troni c control m odul e and ext ernal
s id e imp act se nso rs
• The two sid e airba gs loc ated in the sid es o f
ch e fro nt b ackre sts
• Th e airba g warning
in cluste r

Booklet 2.1 Safety first
happ en s w hen
yo ur vehicle is in a cras h appl y also to chi ldren
15 , sa fety belt s?". But unlik e adult s
a nd t eenagers, the ir mu scles and bones are not
f ull y deve lo ped. In man y res pe cts child ren are a t
greater risk of serious inju ry in cras hes than
adult s.
13ecausc childr en' s bodi es are not full y deve l­
oped, they re quir e re straint syste m s es peciall y
d esig ned for their size, weight, and
struc­
tu re. Many co untries and all sta tes of the Unit ed
S ta tes a nd pro vin ces of Ca nad a hav e la ws re­
qui ring the use of ap proved child restra int sys­
tem s fo r infan ts and sm all childr en.
In a fron tal cras h at a s peed of20-35 mph (30-56
km /h ) th e forces actin g on a 13-pou nd (6 kg) in­
fant w ill be m ore
20 tim es the we igh t of the
child. This m eans th e we ig ht of t he c hild would
s udd enl y be mor e th an 2 60 pound s (120 kg).
Under these co nditions, o nly a n appropr iat e
child res traint properl y use d can re du ce the risk
of serious injur y. Child rest rain ts , lik e adu lt
belt s, mu st b e used properl y to be effec­
t ive . U sed im pro per ly, they ca n increase the risk
of serious injur y in an
Consu lt the chil d sca t manuf ac!Ur er's instru c­
tion s to b e sure th e seat is right for your chil d's
s ize
54 , " Imp ort ant safety inst ructi ons fo r
u sin g child seats". Please be sure to rea d and
h ee d all of th e im porta nt inform atio n and
WAHN INGS
c hild safety, Advanced Air­
bags , the in sta lla tion of child r estraint s in
thi s
is lot you need to kn ow about the Ad­
van ced in your vehicl e and how th ey
wo rk when infants c h ild re n in child re­
strai nts arc o n the front passenge r sea t.13eca use
of the la rge amo unt of im portant inform ati on .
we cann ot re p eat it all here . We urge you to re ad
th e deta iled inf orm ati on in thi s booklet abo ut a
irba gs and the i\dva nced A irbag Sys te m in yo ur
veh icle an d th e very import ant inform ati on
abo ut transport ing c hildren on th e front pas­
se ng er sea t. Pl ease be sure to heed the WARN­
I NGS -th ey are ex trem ely imp ort ant for yo ur
sa fe ty and th e safety of yo ur pa sse ngers , espe­
ciall y in fants and sm all childr en .
WARNING
• Accident statistics have shown that chil­
dr en are genera lly sa fer in th e rear seat area
t h an in the front seating po sition. Always re­
s train any ch ild age 12 and und er in th e re ar.
• AU vehicle occ upant s and especially chil­
dr en mu st be r estrain ed properl y w hen ever
riding in a vehicle. An unr estrain ed or im­
properly res trained ch ild could be injured by
striking the interior or by being ejec ted from
the vehicle during
sudden maneuver or im­
pact. An unrestrain ed or improperly re­
stra ined ch ild is also at greater r is k of injury or
death through contact with an inflating
airbag.
• A sui table chil d re straint properly in stalled
a nd u sed at on e of th e rear seati ng positio ns
pro vid es t he hi gh est degre e of protection for
infants and small children in mo st accident
s ituation s.
WARNING
Childr en on the front s cat of any car even with
i\dvanced can be seriously injured or
eve n kill ed when an ai rbag inflat es.
• A ch ild in
re arward -facing child seat in­
s ta lled on the front p assenger seat will be seri­
o usly injur ed and can b e killed if the front
a irbag inflate s.
• The inflati ng airbag
hit th e ch ild seat
or infant carrier with great fo rce a nd will II>-
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