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Side airbags in the front seat backrests.
An airbag system indicator light in the instrument cluster ⇒Monitoring the Advanced Airbag
System .
When a side airbag deploys in a collision, a gas generator fills the side airbag between the vehicle oc‐
cupant and the door. The side airbag system supplements the safety belts and can help to reduce the
risk of injury to the occupant's upper torso.
In order to help provide this additional protection, the side airbag must inflate within the blink of an
eye at very high speed and with great force. The supplemental side airbag could injure you if your
seating position is not proper or upright or if items are in the area where the supplemental side airbag
inflates. This applies especially to children ⇒Child safety and child restraints .
The airbag system is monitored electronically to make sure it is working properly at all times. Every
time you turn on the ignition, the airbag system indicator light will come on for a few seconds
(function check).
The airbag system is not a substitute for your safety belt. Rather, it is part of the overall occupant re‐
straint system in your vehicle ⇒Sitting properly and safely , ⇒Safety belts .
It is important to remember that the side airbag system is designed to help reduce the likelihood of
serious injury. However, it is also important to remember that a deploying airbag may also cause
other injuries, such as swelling, bruising, friction burns, and abrasions. Also remember that side
airbags will deploy only once and only in certain kinds of accidents. After the side airbag inflates, the
system must be replaced. Your safety belts are always there to offer protection in those accidents in
which side airbags are not supposed to deploy or when they have already deployed.
The side airbag system will not inflate:
if the ignition is switched off when a crash occurs,
in side collisions when the acceleration measured by the sensor is too low,
in front-end collisions,
in rear-end collisions,
in rollovers, unless the deployment threshold for deployment stored in the control unit is met.
In some types of accidents, the front airbags, Side Curtain Protection airbags and side airbags may
be triggered together.
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