WARNING
● The front air bags ordinarily will not
inflate inthe eventof aside impact,rear
impact, rollover, or lower severity fron-
tal collision. Always wear your seat
belts to help reduce the risk or severity
of injury in various kinds of accidents.
● The front passenger air bag will not
inflate if the passenger air bag status
light is lit or if the front passenger seat
isunoccupied. See“Frontpassenger air
bag and status light” later in this
section.
● Theseat belts and the frontair bags are
most effective when you aresitting well
back and upright in the seat. The front
air bags inflate with great force. Even
with theNISSAN AdvancedAir BagSys-
tem, if you are unrestrained, leaning
forward, sitting sideways or out ofposi-
tionin anyway, youare atgreaterrisk of
injury or death in a crash. You may also
receive seriousor fatalinjuries fromthe
front air bag if you are up against it
when itinflates. Alwayssit backagainst
the seatback and as far away as practi-
cal from the steering wheel or instru-
ment panel. Always use the seat belts.
● Thedriver and frontpassenger seat belt
buckles are equipped with sensors that
detectif theseat beltsare fastened.The
Advanced Air Bag System monitors the
severity of a collision and seat belt us-
age then inflates the air bags as
needed. Failure to properly wear seat
belts can increasethe risk or severity of
injury in an accident.
● The front passenger seat is equipped
with an occupant classification sensor
(pressure sensor) that turns the front
passenger air bag OFF under some
conditions. This sensor is only used in
this seat. Failure to be properly seated
and wearing the seat belt can increase
the risk or severity of injury in an acci-
dent. See “Front Passenger air bag and
status light”later in this section.
● Keep hands on the outside of the steer-
ing wheel. Placing them inside the
steering wheel rim could increase the
risk that they are injured when the front
air bag inflates.
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1-46 Safety—Seats, seat belts and supplemental restraint system
