Nissan Z33-D owner manual SSS0131

The supplemental restraint system is designed to supplement the crash protection provided by the driver and passenger seat belts and is not a substitute for them. Seat belts should always be correctly worn and the occupant seated a suitable distance away from the steer- ing wheel, instrument panel, door finishers and side roof rails. (See “Seat belts” earlier in this section for instructions and precautions on seat belt usage.)

The supplemental air bags operate only when the ignition switch is in the ON or START position.

After turning the ignition key to the ON position, the supplemental air bag warning

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light illuminates. The supplemental air bag warning light will turn off after about 7 seconds if the systems are operational.

WARNING

￿The supplemental front air bags ordi- narily will not inflate in the event of a side impact, rear impact, rollover, or lower severity frontal collision. Al- ways 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 is unoccupied. See “Front pas- senger air bag and status light” later in this section.

￿The seat belts and the supplemental front air bags are most effective when you are sitting well back and upright in the seat. The front air bags inflate with great force. Even with the NISSAN advanced air bag system, if you are unrestrained, leaning for- ward, sitting sideways or out of posi-

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