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264 SAFETY
Driver And Passenger Front Air Bag Features
The Advanced Front Air Bag system has multistage driver
and fro
nt passenger air bags. This system provides output
appropriate to the severity and type of collision as deter
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mined by the Occupant Restraint Controller (ORC), which
may rece
ive information from the front impact sensors (if
equipped) or other system components.
The first stage inflator is triggered immediately during an
impact
that requires air bag deployment. A low energy
output is used in less severe collisions. A higher energy
output is used for more severe collisions.
This vehicle may be equipped with a driver and/or front
passenge
r seat belt buckle switch that detects whether the
driver or front passenger seat belt is buckled. The seat belt
buckle switch may adjust the inflation rate of the Advanced
Front Air Bags.
This vehicle may be equipped with driver and/or front
passenge
r seat track position sensors that may adjust the
inflation rate of the Advanced Front Air Bags based upon
seat position.
This vehicle has an Occupant Classification System (“OCS”)
in the
front passenger seat. The OCS is designed to activate
or deactivate the Passenger Advanced Front Air Bag
depending on the occupant’s seated weight. It is designed to
deactivate the Passenger Advanced Front Air Bag for an
unoccupied seat and for occupants whose seated weight
classifies them in a category other than a properly seated
adult. This could be a child, teenager, or even an adult.
WARNING!
• Being too close to the steering wheel or instrument
panel
during front air bag deployment could cause
serious injury, including death. Air bags need room to
inflate. Sit back, comfortably extending your arms to
reach the steering wheel or instrument panel.
• Never place a rear-facing child restraint in front of an
air ba
g. A deploying passenger front air bag can cause
death or serious injury to a child 12 years or younger,
including a child in a rear-facing child restraint.
• Never install a rear-facing child restraint in the front
seat of
a vehicle. Only use a rear-facing child restraint
in the rear seat. If the vehicle does not have a rear seat,
do not transport a rear-facing child restraint in that
vehicle.
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