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Your vehicle is equipped with a front airbag for the driver and front seat passenger. The front airbags
can provide additional protection for the chest and head of the driver and the front seat passenger
when seats, safety belts, head restraints and, for the driver, the steering wheel, are properly used and
have been properly adjusted. Airbags are only supplemental restraints. They are not a substitute for
safety belts that must be worn even though the front seating positions are equipped with front
airbags.
WARNING
Never rely on airbags alone for protection.
Even when they deploy, airbags provide only supplemental protection.
Airbags work most effectively when used with properly worn safety belts ⇒Safety belts .
The driver must always make sure that every person in the vehicle is properly seated on a
seat of his or her own, properly fastens the safety belts belonging to that seat before the vehi‐
cle starts to move, and keeps the belts properly fastened while riding in the vehicle. This ap‐
plies even when just driving around town. Therefore, always wear your safety belts and make
sure that everybody in your vehicle is properly restrained.
WARNING
Sitting too close to the steering wheel or instrument panel will decrease the effectiveness of the
airbags and will increase the risk of personal injury in a collision.
Never sit closer than 10inches (25cm) to the steering wheel or instrument panel.
If you cannot sit upright more than 10inches (25cm) from the steering wheel and with your
back against the backrest, investigate whether adaptive equipment may be available to help
you reach the pedals and increase your seating distance from the steering wheel.
If you are unrestrained, leaning forward, sitting sideways or out of position in any way, your
risk of injury is much higher.
You will also receive serious injuries and could even be killed if you are up against the airbag
or too close to it when it inflates.
To reduce the risk of injury when an airbag inflates, always wear safety belts properly. See
⇒Safety belts .
An infant in a rearward-facing child restraint installed on the front passenger seat will be seri‐
ously injured and can be killed if the front airbag inflates.
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