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Curtain air bag (if equipped)
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The actual air bags in the vehicle
may differ from the illustration.
Curtain air bags are located along both
sides of the roof rails above the front
and rear doors.
They are designed to help protect the
heads of the front seat occupants and
the rear outboard seat occupants in
certain side impact collisions.
The curtain air bags are designed to
deploy during certain side impact colli‐
sions, depending on the crash severity
of impact.
However, when side deployment
threshold is satisfied at front-impact,
side air bags may deploy.
The curtain air bags may deploy on the
side of the impact or on both side.
The curtain air bags are not designed
to deploy in all side impacts or rollover
situations.
NOTICE
n if equipped with rollover sen‐
sor
• Also, both sides of the curtain air
bags deploy in certain rollover sit‐
uations.
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• The curtain air bag may deploy
when the rollover sensor detects
the situation as a rollover.
WARNING
• Do not hang heavy items on the
coat hooks for safety reasons.
• In order for side and curtain air
bags to provide the best protec‐
tion, front seat occupants and
outboard rear occupants should sit
in an upright position with the seat
belts properly fastened. Impor‐
tantly, children should sit in a
proper child restraint system in
the rear seat.
• When children are seated in the
rear outboard seats, they must be
seated in the proper child restraint
system. Make sure to position the
child restraint system as far away
from the door side as possible, and
secure the child restraint system
in a locked position.
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