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Important Safety Precautions

You'll find many safety

Be Aware of Airbag Hazards

While airbags can save lives, they

can cause serious or fatal injuries to

occupants who sit too close to them,

or are not properly restrained.

Infants, young children, and short

adults are at the greatest risk. Be

sure to follow all instructions and

warnin gs in this manual. (See page

7 .)

Control Your Speed

recommendations throughout this

section, and throughout this manual.

The recommendations on this page

are the ones we consider to be the

most important.

Excessive speed is a major factor in

crash injuries and deaths. Generally,

the higher the speed the greater the

risk, but serious accidents can also

occur at lower speeds. Never drive

faster than is safe for current

conditions, regardless of the

Always Wear Your Seat Belt

A seat belt is your best protection in

all types of collisions. Airbags

supplement seat belts, but airbags

are designed to inflate only in a

moderate to severe frontal collision.

So even though your vehicle is

equipped with airbags, make sure

you and your passengers always

wear your seat belts, and wear them

properly. (See page 15 .)

maximum speed posted.

Keep Your Vehicle in Safe

Condition

Having a tire blowout or a

mechanical failure can be extremely

hazardous. To reduce the possibility

of such problems, check your tire

pressures and condition frequently,

and perform all regularly scheduled

maintenance. (See page 188 .)

Don't Drink and Drive

Alcohol and driving don't mix. Even

one drink can reduce your ability to

respond to changing conditions, and

your reaction time gets worse with

every additional drink. So don't drink

and drive, and don't let your friends

drink and drive, either.

Restrain All Children

Children are safest when they are

properly restrained in the back seat,

not the front seat. A child who is too

small for a seat belt must be properly

restrained in a child safety seat. (See

page 21.)

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Your Vehicle's Safety Features

Your vehicle is equipped with many

features that work together to

protect you and your passengers

during a crash.

Some safety features do not require

any action on your part. These

include a strong steel framework

that forms a safety cage around the

passenger compartment; front and

rear crush zones that are designed to

crumple and absorb energy during a

crash; a collapsible steering column;

and seat belt tensioners that

automatically tighten the front seat

belts in the event of a crash.

These safety features are designed

to reduce the severity of injuries in a

crash. However, you and your

passengers can't take full advantage

of these safety features unless you

remain sitting in a proper position

andalwayswearyourseatbelts

properly. In fact, some safety

(1) Safety Cage

(2) Crush Zones

(3) Seats & Seat-Backs

(4) Head Restraints

(5) Collapsible Steering Column

(6) Seat Belts

(7) Airbags

(8) Seat Belt Tensioners

(9) Door Locks

features can contribute to injuries if

they are not used properly.

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Seat Belts

wear seat belts.

can only be helpful in a moderate

to severe frontal collision.

For your safety, and the safety of

your passengers, your vehicle is

equipped with seat belts in all seating

positions.

Help keep you from being thrown

against the inside of the vehicle

and against other occupants.

Not wearing a seat belt properly

increases the chance of serious

injury or death in a crash, even

if you have airbags.

Your seat belt system also

includes a light on the

instrument panel to remind you and

your passengers to fasten your seat

belts.

Keep you from being thrown out

of the vehicle.

Be sure you and your

passengers always wear seat

belts and wear them properly.

Help keep you in a good position

should the airbags ever deploy. A

good position reduces the risk of

injury from an inflating airbag, and

allows you to get the best

Why Wear Seat Belts

Seat belts are the single most

effective safety device for adults and

larger children. (Infants and smaller

children must be properly restrained

in child seats.)

When properly worn, seat belts:

advantage from the airbag.

Keep you connected to the vehicle

so you can take advantage of the

vehicle's built-in safety features.

Of course, seat belts cannot

completely protect you in every

crash. But in most cases, seat belts

can reduce your risk of serious

injury.

Not wearing a seat belt properly

increases the chance of serious

injury or death in a crash, even

though your vehicle has airbags.

Help protect you in almost every

type of crash, including side and

rear impacts and rollovers. In a

rollover crash, an unbelted person

is more likely to die than a person

wearing a seat belt. Your airbag

What you should do: Always wear

your seat belt, and make sure you

wear it properly.

In addition, most states and all

Canadian provinces require you to

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not wearing seat belts, are not

wearing them properly, are sitting

too close to the airbag, or are not

sitting in a proper position. Infants

and small children are at an even

greater risk of injury or death.

Airbags

The most important things you need

to know about your airbags are:

Airbags do not replace seat belts.

The seat belts are the occupants'

primary protection in all types of

collisions. The airbags supplement

the seat belts by providing extra

protection for the head and chest

of each front seat occupant in a

moderate to severe frontal

Whatyoushoulddo: Alwayswear

your seat belt properly, and sit

upright and as far back as possible

from the steering wheel or

dashboard.

collision.

Airbags offer no protection in side

impacts, rear impacts, rollovers,

or minor collisions. Airbags are

designed to deploy only during a

moderate to severe frontal

collision.

Your vehicle has a Supplemental

Restraint System (SRS) with frontal

airbags to help protect the driver and

a front seat passenger.

This system also includes

SRS

instrument panel to alert you to a

possible problem with the system.

an indicator light on the

Airbags can pose serious hazards.

To do their job, airbags must

inflate with tremendous force and

speed. So while airbags save lives,

they can cause serious injuries to

adults and larger children who are

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Seats & Seat-Backs

Door Locks

What you should do: Move the front

seats as far back as possible, and

keep adjustable seat-backs in an

upright position whenever the

vehicle is moving.

Your vehicle's seats are designed to

keep you in a comfortable, upright

position so you can take full

advantage of the prelection offered

by seat belts and the energy

Keeping your doors locked reduces

the chance of being thrown out of

the vehicle during a crash. It also

helps prevent occupants from

accidentally opening a door and

falling out, and outsiders from

unexpectedly opening your doors.

absorbing materials in the seats.

Head Restraints

Head restraints can help protect you

from whiplash and other injuries. For

maximum protection, the back of

your head should rest against the

center of the head restraint.

How you adjust your seats and seat-

backs can also affect your safety. For

example, sitting too close to the

steering wheel or dashboard

increases the risk of you or your

passenger being injured by striking

the inside of the vehicle, or by an

inflating airbag.

Reclining a seat-back loo far reduces

the seat belt's effectiveness and

increases the chance that the seat's

occupant will slide under the seat

belt in a crash and be seriously

injured.

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Pre-Drive Safety Checklist

To make sure you and your

Head restraints are properly

adjusted (see page 14 ).

passengers get the maximum

protection from your vehicle's safety

features, check the following each

time before you drive away:

All doors and the tailgate are

closed and locked (see page 12 ).

All cargo is properly stored or

secured (see page 148 ).

All adults, and children who have

outgrown child safety seats, are

wearing their seat belts and

wearing them properly (see page

15).

The rest of this section gives more

detailed information about how you

can maximize your safety.

Any infant or small child is

properly restrained in a child seat

in the back seat (see page 21).

Remember, however, that no safety

system can prevent all injuries or

deaths that can occur in severe

crashes, even when seat belts are

properly worn and the airbags deploy.

Front seat occupants are sitting

upright and as far back as possible

from the steering wheel and

dashboard (see page 12).

Seat-backs are upright (see page

13).

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