Owner`s manual

CAUTION: (Con1 ued)
aren’t designedsto
inflate at all in rollover, rear,
side
or low-speed frontal crashes. And, for
unrestrajned occupants, reduced-force air bags
may provide less pro$ection in frontal crashes
than more forceful
air bags have provided in the
past. Everyone in your vehicle should wear
a
safety belt properly -- whether or not there’s an
air bag for that person.
Air bags inflate with great force, faster than the
blink of
an eye. If you’re too close to an inflating
air bag, it could seriously injure you. This is true
even
with reduced-force fmntal air bags. Safety
belts help keep you in position before and during a
crash. Always
wear your safety belt, even with air
bags. The driver should sit as far back as possible
while
still maintaining control’of the vehicle.
A CAUTION: , . 1
Childreri who are up against, or very close to, an
air bag when
it inflates can be seriously injured
or killed. This
is true even though your vehicle
bas reduced-force frontal air bags.
Air bags plus
lap-shoulder belts offer the best protection
for
adults, but not for young children and infants. .
Neither the vehicle’s safety belt system nor its air
bag system is designed for them. Young children
and infantmeed the protection that a child
restraint system can provide.
Always secure
children properly in your vehicle. To read how,
see the part of this manual called “Children” and
see the caution labels on the sunvisors and the
right front passenger’s safety belt.
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