Seats, Mirrors and Steering Wheel
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Safety belt height adjustment
The heights of the belt deflectors for the driver’s
seat, passenger’s seat and the rear seats can be
adjusted.
Adjust the height of the safety belt so that it runs
across the middle of the shoulder, not against the
neck.
Adjusting belt height
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Upward – push belt deflector up.
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Downward – press button
A
and move belt
deflector.
Air bag Systems
The vehicle is equipped with air bag and lap/
shoulder belt at both front seating positions. The
air bag is a supplemental restraint at those
seating positions.
The air bags in combination with the safety belts
make up a safety system which offers the driver
and the passenger the greatest known protection
from injuries in case of accident.
Your vehicle is equipped with occupant sensing for
the passenger's seat in accordance with
U.S. Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 208.
Even if your vehicle is equipped with air bags,
the
safety belts must be worn at all times
,
because the front air bag system is only actuated
by frontal collisions with an impact of sufficient
severity.
Below the deployment threshold of the air bag
system, and during types of collisions which do
not cause the actuation of the system, the safety
belts provide the primary protection to the
occupants when correctly worn.
Therefore, all
persons within the vehicle must wear safety
belts at all times
(in many states, state law
requires the use of safety belts) to minimize the
risk of severe injury or death in the event of a
crash.
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Please see the chapter “SAFETY BELTS” on
page 44.
The
front air bags
are located under the padded
steering wheel panel on the driver’s side, in the
dashboard on the passenger's side, and in the
knee area for both the driver and the passenger.
The
side air bags
for the front and rear seats are
installed on the side in or near the seat backrests.
The
head air bags
are installed above the doors
in the roof area.
Note
To minimize the risk of severe injury or death in the
event of a crash, all occupants, including the
driver, should always wear their seat belts wether
or not an air bag is also provided at their seating
position.
