Suzuki SX4 owners manual page 61

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BEFORE DRIVING How the System Works Air bags must inflate quickly and forcefully WARNING In a frontal collision, the crash sensors willin order to reduce the chance of serious or • Do not spill any liquids on the seat.detect rapid deceleration and send a signalfatal injuries. However, an unavoidable consequence of the quick inflation is that Liquids can damage the sensors to the controller. If the controller judges under the front seat. that the deceleration represents a severethe air bag may irritate bare skin, such as • Have the driver’s seat position sen-frontal crash, the controller will trigger thethe facial area against a front air bag. Also, sor and the front passenger’s sen- inflators. The controller also judges:upon inflation, a loud noise will occur and sor mat inspected by your dealer • Whether the front air bags should deploysome powder and smoke will be released. after a collision. at reduced power or at full power accord-These conditions are not harmful and do ing to crash severity. not indicate a fire in the car. Be aware, • Do not replace the front seats. If however, that some air bag components you replace them, the air bags and• Whether the air bags should deploy at front passenger sensing system reduced power or at full power accordingmay be hot for a while after inflation. to crash severity, driver’s seat fore/aft may not work properly. A seat belt helps keep you in the proper position and whether or not the front • Do not use a seat cover. If you usepassenger’s seat belt is fastened.position for maximum protection when an a seat cover, the front passenger air bag inflates. Adjust your seat as far • Whether the front passenger’s front air sensing system may not work prop-bag should deploy or not based on clas-back as possible while still maintaining erly. control of the vehicle. Sit fully back in your sification of the occupant of the front passenger’s seat. seat; sit up straight; do not lean over the steering wheel or dashboard. Front occu- Since your vehicle is equipped with side airpants should not lean on or sleep against bags, and side curtain air bags, crash sen-the door. Please refer to the “Seat Adjust- ment” section and the “Seat Belts and sors will detect a side collision, and if the Child Restraint Systems” section in the controller judges that the side collision is “BEFORE DRIVING” section for details on severe enough, it will trigger the side air bag and side curtain air bag inflators.proper seat and seat belt adjustments. The inflators inflate the appropriate air bags with nitrogen or argon gas. The inflated air bags provide a cushion for your head (front air bags and side curtain air bags only) and upper body. The air bag inflates and deflates so quickly that you may not even realize that it has activated. The air bag will neither hinder your view nor make it harder to exit the vehicle. 2-48 80J22-03E

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