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Air bags can kill or injure a child in a child seat. NEVER place a

rear-facing child seat in front of an active air bag. If you must

use a forward-facing child seat in the front seat, move the seat all the

way back.

Always transport children 12 years old and under in the back

seat and always properly use appropriate child restraints.

The passenger occupant classification sensor can automatically turn off

the passenger front air bag and side air bag (if equipped). The system is

designed to help protect small (child size) occupants from air bag

deployments when they are improperly seated or restrained in the front

passenger seat contrary to proper child-seating or restraint usage

recommendations. Even with this technology, parents are STRONGLY

encouraged to always properly restrain children in the rear seat. The

sensor also turns off the air bag(s) when the passenger seat is empty to

prevent unnecessary replacement of the air bag(s) after a collision.

Front safety belt usage sensors

The front safety belt usage sensors detect whether or not the driver and

front outboard passenger safety belts are fastened. This information

allows your Personal safety system to tailor the air bag deployment and

safety belt pretensioner activation depending upon safety belt usage.

Refer to Safety belt section in this chapter.

Front safety belt pretensioners

The safety belt pretensioners are designed to tighten the safety belts

firmly against the occupant’s body during a collision. This maximizes the

effectiveness of the safety belts and helps properly position the occupant

relative to the air bag to improve protection. The safety belt

pretensioners can be either activated alone or, if the collision is of

sufficient severity, together with the air bags.

Front safety belt energy management retractors

The front safety belt energy management retractors allow webbing to be

pulled out of the retractor in a gradual and controlled manner in

response to the occupant’s forward momentum. This helps reduce the

risk of force-related injuries to the occupant’s chest by limiting the load

on the occupant. Refer to Energy management feature section in this

chapter.

Seating and Safety Restraints

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