Servicing Your Airbag-Equipped Vehicle
Airbags affect how your vehicle should be serviced. There are parts of the airbag system in several places around your vehicle. You do not want the system to inflate while someone is working on your vehicle. Your dealer and the service manual have information about servicing your vehicle and the airbag system. To purchase a service manual.
CAUTION:
For up to 10 seconds after the ignition
key is turned off and the battery is
disconnected, an airbag can still inflate
during improper service. You can be
injured if you are close to an airbag when
it inflates. Avoid yellow connectors. They
are probably part of the airbag system. Be
sure to follow proper service procedures,
and make sure the person performing
work for you is qualified to do so.
The airbag system does not need regular maintenance.
See also:
Footnotes — Maintenance Schedule Additional Required Services — Severe
a) Check all fuel and vapor lines and hoses for proper hook-up, routing, and
condition. Check that the purge valve, if the vehicle has one, works properly. Replace
as needed.
b) Or every four yea ...
Luggage Carrier
CAUTION:
If you try to carry something on top of
your vehicle that is longer or wider than
the luggage carrier — like paneling,
plywood, a mattress and so forth — the
wind can catch it as y ...
Emergency
With Automatic Crash Response, the built-in system can automatically connect
to help in a crash even if you cannot ask for it.
Push to connect to an Emergency
Advisor. GPS technology is used to ...
