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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.

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Some 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, a collapsible steering column,

and tensioners that tighten the front

seat belts in a crash.

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However, you and your passengers

can’t take full advantage of these

features unless you remain sitting in

the correct position and always wear

your seat belts. In fact, some safety

features can contribute to injuries if

they are not used properly.

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(1) Safety Cage

(2) Crush Zones

(3) Seats and Seat-Backs

(4) Head Restraints

(5) Collapsible Steering Column

(6) Seat Belts

(7) Front Airbags

(8) Side Airbags

The following pages explain how you

can take an active role in protecting

yourself and your passengers.

(9) Side Curtain Airbags

(10) Door Locks

(11) Front Seat Belt Tensioners

(12) Seat Belt Buckle Tensioners

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Your Vehicle’s Safety Features

Seat Belts

Help keep you from being thrown

against the inside of the vehicle

and against other occupants.

Your vehicle is equipped with seat

belts in all seating positions.

Not wearing a seat belt properly

increases the chance of serious

injury or death in a crash, even

though your vehicle has airbags.

Your seat belt system also includes

an indicator on the instrument panel

and a beeper 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:

－ frontal impacts

－ side impacts

－ rear impacts

－ rollovers

What You Should Do:

Always wear your seat belt, and

make sure you wear it properly.

In addition, most states and all

Canadian provinces and territories

require you to wear seat belts.

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Your Vehicle’s Safety Features

Airbags

Your vehicle has a supplemental

restraint system (SRS) with front

airbags to help protect the heads and

chests of the driver and a front seat

passenger during a moderate to

severe frontal collision (see page

Your vehicle also has side airbags to

help protect the upper torso of the

driver or a front seat passenger

during a moderate to severe side

impact (see page 29 for more

In addition, your vehicle has side

curtain airbags to help protect the

heads of the driver, front passenger,

and passengers in the outer rear

seating positions during a moderate

information on how your side airbags to severe side impact or rollover (see

26 for more information on how

your front airbags work).

work).

page 31 for more information on how

your side curtain airbags work).

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Your Vehicle’s Safety Features

The most important things you need

to know about your airbags are:

What you should do: Always wear

your seat belt properly, and sit

upright and as far back from the

steering wheel as possible while

allowing full control of the vehicle. A

front passenger should move their

seat as far back from the dashboard

as possible.

The rest of this section gives more

detailed information about how you

can maximize your safety.

Airbags do not replace seat belts.

They are designed to supplement

the seat belts.

Remember, however, that no safety

system can prevent all injuries or

deaths that can occur in a severe

crash, even when seat belts are

properly worn and the airbags deploy.

Airbags offer no protection in rear

collisions, or minor frontal or side

collisions.

Airbags can pose serious hazards.

To do their job, airbags must

inflate with tremendous force. So

while airbags help save lives, they

can cause minor injuries or more

serious or even fatal injuries if

occupants are not properly

restrained or sitting properly.

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