Jeep Compass, Owner'S Handbook Manual

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Front airbag and front knee bag positions
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1. Driver and passenger front air bags
2. Passenger side knee air bag
3. Driver side knee air bag
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Driver and passenger front airbag functions
The front airbag system has multistage
driver and front passenger airbags. This
system provides output appropriate to
the severity and type of collision as
determined by the occupant restraint
control unit, which may receive
information from the front impact
sensors (where provided) or other system
components.
The first stage inflater is triggered
immediately during an impact that
requires airbag deployment. A low energy
output is used in less severe collisions. A
higher energy output is used for more
severe collisions.
This car may be equipped with a driver
and/or front passenger seat belt buckle
sensor that detects whether the driver
or front passenger seat belt is fastened.
This sensor allows you to adjust the
inflation level of the front airbags.
This car may be equipped with driver
and/or front passenger seat position
sensors that may adjust the inflation
rate of the front airbags based upon seat
position.
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Front airbag operation
Front airbags are designed to provide
additional protection by supplementing
the seat belts. Front airbags are not
expected to reduce the risk of injury in
rear, side, or rollover collisions.
Front airbags may not activate in the
following situations:
frontal impacts against highly
deformable objects not involving the
front surface of the car (e.g. wing
collision against safety barrier, etc.);
car wedging under other vehicles or
safety barriers (e.g. trucks or guard rails).
Failure to activate in the conditions
described above is due to the fact that
they may not provide any additional
protection compared with seat belts, so
their activation would be inappropriate.
In these cases, non-deployment does not
indicate a system malfunction.
Seat belts are necessary for your
protection in all collisions and also are
needed to help keep you in position,
away from an inflating airbag.
When the occupant restraint control unit
detects a collision requiring the front
airbags, it sends a signal to the inflation
devices. A large quantity of non-toxic gas
is generated to inflate the front airbags.
The steering wheel central trim cover
and the upper passenger side of the
dashboard separate and fold out of the
way as the airbags inflate to their full
size. The front airbags fully inflate in less
time than it takes to blink your eyes. The
front airbags then quickly deflate while
helping to restrain the driver and front
passenger.
Passenger's front airbag and child restraint
systems
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Rearward-facing child restraint systems
must NEVER be fitted on the front seat
with an active passenger side airbag
since in the event of an impact the
airbag activation may cause fatal injuries
to the transported child.
ALWAYS comply with the instructions on
the label stuck on the passenger side
sun visor fig. 79.