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Airbags Airbag System Components
Important Facts About Your Airbags
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Airbags can pose serious hazards. To do their job, airbags must inflate with tremendous force. So, while airbags help save lives, they can cause minor injuries,
and sometimes even fatal ones if occupants are not wearing their seat belts properly and sitting correctly. What you should do: Always wear your seat belt properly, and sit upright and
as far back from the steering wheel as possible while allowing full control of the vehicle. A passenger should move their seat as far back from the dashboard as possible. Remember, however, that no safety system can prevent all injuries or deaths that can occur in a severe crash, even when seat belts are properly worn and the airbags deploy. Do not place hard or sharp objects between yourself and a front airbag.
Carrying hard or sharp objects on your lap, or driving with a pipe or other sharp object in your mouth, can result in injuries if your front airbag inflates. Do not attach or place objects on the front airbag covers. Objects on the
covers marked “SRS AIRBAG” could interfere with the proper operation of the airbags or be propelled inside the vehicle and hurt someone if the airbags inflate.
Important Facts about Your Airbags
Do not attempt to deactivate your airbags. Together, airbags and seat belts provide the best protection. When driving, keep your hands and arms out of the deployment path of the front airbag by holding each side of the steering wheel. Do not drive with an arm over the airbag cover.
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Child Safety Protecting Child Passengers
Any child who is too small to wear a seat belt must be properly restrained in
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an approved child seat that is properly secured to the vehicle using the lap belt portion of the lap/shoulder belt. Never hold a small child on your lap because it is impossible to protect them in
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the event of a collision.Never put a seat belt over yourself and a child. During a crash, the belt would
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likely press deep into the child and cause serious or fatal injuries.Never let two children use the same seat belt. Both children could be very
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seriously injured in a crash.Do not allow children to operate the doors, windows or seat adjustments.
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Do not leave children in the vehicle unattended, especially in hot weather when
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the inside of the vehicle can get hot enough to kill them. They could also activate vehicle controls causing it to move unexpectedly.
Protecting Child Passengers
To deactivate a lockable retractor, release the buckle and allow the seat belt to wind up all the way. To remind you of the passenger's front airbag hazards and child safety, your vehicle has warning labels on the dashboard (U.S. models) and on the front visors. Please read and follow the instructions on these labels.
Safety Labels P. 6 5
WARNING
Allowing a child to play with a seat belt or wrap one around their neck can result in serious injury or death. Instruct children not to play with any seat belt and make sure any unused seat belt a child can reach is buckled, fully retracted, and locked.
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Instrument Panel
Indicators
IndicatorName On/Blinking Explanation Message
Supplemental
Restraint System Indicator Comes on for a few seconds when
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you turn the ignition switch to ON
II, then goes off.
Comes on if a problem with any of
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the following is detected:
Supplemental restraint system
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Side airbag system
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Side curtain airbag system
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Seat belt tensioner
- Stays on constantly or does not
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come on at all - Have the vehicle
checked by a dealer.
VSA ®
(Vehicle
Stability Assist) System Indicator Comes on for a few seconds when
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you turn the ignition switch to ON
II, then goes off.
Blinks when VSA
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is active.
Comes on if there is a problem
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with the VSA ®
system.
Comes on if there is a problem
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with the hill start assist system. Comes on if there is a problem
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with the creep aid system (CVT) or the brake assist system. Stays on constantly
• - Have the
vehicle checked by a dealer. VSA ®
(Vehicle Stability Assist)
System P.214
VSA® (Vehicle Stability Assist) OFF Indicator Comes on for a few seconds when
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you turn the ignition switch to ON
II, then goes off.
Comes on when you deactivate
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VSA ®
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VSA ®
(Vehicle Stability Assist)
System P.215
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