Mitsubishi MOTORS SHOGUN SPORT, Owner'S Manual

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Supplemental restraint system (SRS)-airbag
4
The front airbags and driver’s knee airbag
will deploy if the severity of impact is above
the designed threshold level, comparable to
an approximately
16 mph
collision when
impacting straight into a solid wall that does
not move or deform. If the severity of the
impact is below the above threshold level, the
front airbags and driver’s knee airbag may
not deploy. However, this threshold speed
will be considerably higher if the vehicle
strikes an object that absorbs the impact by
either deforming or moving (for example,
another stationary vehicle, pole or a guard
rail).
Because frontal collisions can easily move
you out of position, it is important to always
properly wear your seat belts. Your seat belts
will help keep you a safe distance from the
steering wheel and instrument panel during
the initial stages of airbag deployment. The
initial stage of airbag inflation is the most
forceful, and can possibly cause serious or
fatal injuries. Moreover, the seat belts in your
vehicle are your primary means of protection
in a collision. The SRS airbags are designed
to provide additional protection. Therefore,
for your safety and the safety of all occu-
pants, be sure to always properly wear your
seat belts.
4-36 Seat and seat belts
With certain types of frontal collisions, the
vehicle’s body structure is designed to absorb
the shock to help protect the occupants from
harm. (The vehicle body’s front area may
deform significantly as it absorbs the impact.)
Under such circumstances, the front airbags
and driver’s knee airbag may not deploy irre-
spective of the deformation and damage to
the vehicle body.
Examples of some typical conditions are
shown in the illustration.
Because the front airbags and driver’s knee
airbag do not protect the occupant in all types
of frontal collisions, be sure to always prop-
erly wear your seat belts.
The front airbags and driver’s knee airbag are
not designed to deploy in conditions where
they cannot typically provide protection to
the occupant.
Such conditions are shown in the illustration.
Because the front airbags and driver’s knee
airbag do not protect the occupant in all types
The front airbags and driver’s
knee airbag MAY NOT DEPLOY
when…
1- When colliding with a utility pole, tree
or other narrow object.
2- Vehicle slides under the rear body of a
truck
3- Oblique frontal impacts
The front airbags and driver’s
knee airbag ARE NOT
DESIGNED TO DEPLOY when…
1- Rear end collisions
2- Side collisions
3- Vehicle rolls onto its side or roof
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