Air Bag SystemsThis part explains the frontal and side impact air bagsystems.Your vehicle has four air bags – a frontal air bag for thedriver, another frontal air bag for the right frontpassenger, a side impact air bag for the driver, andanother side impact air bag for the right front passenger.Frontal air bags are designed to help reduce the riskof injury from the force of an inflating frontal air bag. Butthese air bags must inflate very quickly to do their joband comply with federal regulations.Here are the most important things to know about theair bag systems:{CAUTION:You can be severely injured or killed in a crashif you are not wearing your safety belt – even ifyou have air bags. Wearing your safety beltduring a crash helps reduce your chance ofhitting things inside the vehicle or beingejected from it. Air bags are designed to workwith safety belts but do not replace them.CAUTION: (Continued)CAUTION: (Continued)Frontal air bags for the driver and right frontpassenger are designed to deploy only inmoderate to severe frontal and near frontalcrashes. They are not designed to inflate inrollover, rear or low-speed frontal crashes, orin many side crashes. And, for someunrestrained occupants, frontal air bags mayprovide less protection in frontal crashesthan more forceful air bags have provided inthe past.The side impact air bags for the driver andright front passenger are designed to inflateonly in moderate to severe crashes wheresomething hits the side of your vehicle. Theyare not designed to inflate in frontal, in rolloveror in rear crashes.Everyone in your vehicle should wear a safetybelt properly – whether or not there is an airbag for that person.1-48
