Suzuki Swift IV 4 owners manual page 71

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BEFORE DRIVING lisions, rollovers or minor side collisions, How the System Works A seat belt helps keep you in the proper since they would offer no protection in In a frontal collision, the crash sensors will position for maximum protection when an those types of accidents. Only the side air detect rapid deceleration, and if the con-air bag inflates. Adjust your seat as far bag and side curtain air bag on the side of judges that the deceleration repre-back as possible while still maintaining the vehicle that is struck will inflate. How-troller control of the vehicle. Sit fully back in your ever, in a frontal angle collision, the side air sents a severe frontal crash, the controller seat; sit up straight; do not lean over the will trigger the inflators. If your vehicle is steering wheel or dashboard. Front occu- bags and side curtain air bags may inflate. equipped with side air bags and side cur-pants should not lean on or sleep against Remember, since an air bag deploys only tain air bags, crash 'sensors will detect a one time during an accident, seat belts are side collision, and if the controller judges the door. Please refer to the "Seat Adjust- needed to restrain occupants from further that the side collision is severe enough, it ment" section and the "Seat Belts and movements during the accident. will trigger the side air bag and side curtain Child Restraint Systems" section in the Therefore, an air bag is NOT a substitute air bag inflators. The inflators inflate the "BEFORE DRIVING" section for details on for seat belts. To maximize your protection, appropriate air bags with nitrogen or argon proper seat and seat belt adjustments. ALWAYS WEAR YOUR SEAT BELTS. Be gas. The inflated air bags provide a cush- aware that no system can prevent all pos-ion for your head (front air bags and side sible injuries that may occur in an accident. curtain air bags only) and upper body. The air bag inflates and deflates so quickly that A WARNING you may not even realize that it has acti- vated. The air bag will neither hinder your An air bag supplements, or adds to, view nor make it harder to exit the vehicle. by seat the crash protection offered Air bags must inflate quickly and forcefully belts. The driver and all passengers in order to reduce the chance of serious or must be properly restrained by wear-fatal injuries. However, an unavoidable or ing seat belts at all times, whether consequence of the quick inflation is that not an air bag is mounted at their the air bag may irritate bare skin, such as to minimize the risk seating position, the facial area against a front air bag. Also, of severe injury or death in the event upon inflation, a loud noise will occur and of a crash. some powder and smoke will be released. These conditions are not harmful and do not indicate a fire in the vehicle. Be aware, however, that some air bag components may be hot for a while after inflation. 2-52

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