Lincoln Continental (2020 year). Manual in english — page 2

If the booster seat slides on the vehicle seat
upon which it is being used, placing a
rubberized mesh sold as shelf or carpet liner
under the booster seat may improve this
condition. Do not introduce any item thicker
than this under the booster seat. Check with
the booster seat manufacturer's instructions.

CHILD RESTRAINT POSITIONING

WARNING: Do not place a rearward

facing child restraint in front of an active
airbag. Failure to follow this instruction
could result in personal injury or death.

WARNING: Properly secure children

12 years old and under in a rear seating
position whenever possible. If you are
unable to properly secure all children in a
rear seating position, properly secure the
largest child on the front seat. If you must
use a forward facing child restraint on the
front seat, move the seat as far back as
possible. Failure to follow these
instructions could result in personal injury
or death.

WARNING: Always carefully follow

the instructions and warnings provided by
the manufacturer of any child restraint to
determine if the restraint device is
appropriate for your child's size, height,
weight, or age. Follow the child restraint
manufacturer's instructions and warnings
provided for installation and use in
conjunction with the instructions and
warnings provided by your vehicle

manufacturer. A safety seat that is
improperly installed or utilized, is
inappropriate for your child's height, age,
or weight or does not properly fit the child
may increase the risk of serious injury or
death.

WARNING: Do not allow a passenger

to hold a child on their lap when your
vehicle is moving. Failure to follow this
instruction could result in personal injury
or death in the event of a sudden stop or
crash.

WARNING: Do not use pillows, books

or towels to boost your child's height.
Failure to follow this instruction could result
in personal injury or death.

WARNING: Properly secure child

restraints or booster seats when they are
not in use. They could become projectiles
in a sudden stop or crash. Failure to follow
this instruction could result in personal
injury or death.

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WARNING: Do not put the shoulder

section of the seatbelt or allow the child to
put the shoulder section of the seatbelt
under their arm or behind their back.

Failure to follow this instruction could
reduce the effectiveness of the seatbelt
and increase the risk of injury or death in
a crash.

WARNING: Do not leave children or

pets unattended in your vehicle. Failure to
follow this instruction could result in
personal injury or death.

Recommendations for Attaching Child Safety Restraints for Children

Use Any Attachment Method as Indicated Below by X

Combined Weight
of Child and Child

Restraint

Restraint Type

Seatbelt Only

Seatbelt and LATCH
(Lower Anchors and

Top Tether Anchor)

Seatbelt and Top

Tether Anchor

LATCH (Lower

Anchors Only)

LATCH (Lower

Anchors and Top

Tether Anchor)

X

X

Up to 65 lb

(29.5 kg)

Rear facing child

restraint

X

Over 65 lb

(29.5 kg)

Rear facing child

restraint

X

X

X

Up to 65 lb

(29.5 kg)

Forward facing

child restraint

X

X

Over 65 lb

(29.5 kg)

Forward facing

child restraint

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Child Safety

Note: The child restraint must rest tightly
against the vehicle seat upon which it is
installed. It may be necessary to lift or
remove the head restraint. See Seats (page
155).

CHILD SAFETY LOCKS

The child safety lock controls are on the
driver door.

When these locks are set, the rear doors
cannot be opened from the inside.

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Press the control to engage or disengage
the child lockout feature. It will illuminate
when you engage this feature.

The child lock setting remains on when you
turn the ignition off.

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Child Safety

PRINCIPLE OF OPERATION

WARNING: Always drive and ride

with your seatback upright and the lap belt
snug and low across the hips.

WARNING: Children must always be

properly restrained.

WARNING: Never let a passenger

hold a child on his or her lap while the
vehicle is moving. The passenger cannot
protect the child from injury in a crash.

WARNING: All occupants of your

vehicle, including the driver, should always
properly wear their seatbelts, even when
an airbag supplemental restraint system is
provided. Failure to properly wear your
seatbelt could seriously increase the risk
of injury or death.

WARNING: It is extremely dangerous

to ride in a cargo area, inside or outside of
a vehicle. In a crash, people riding in these
areas are more likely to be seriously
injured or killed. Do not allow people to
ride in any area of your vehicle that is not
equipped with seats and seatbelts. Make
sure everyone in your vehicle is in a seat
and properly using a seatbelt. Failure to
follow this warning could result in serious
personal injury or death.

WARNING: In a rollover crash, an

unbelted person is significantly more likely
to die than a person wearing a seatbelt.

WARNING: Each seating position in

your vehicle has a specific seatbelt
assembly made up of one buckle and one
tongue designed to be used as a pair. Use
the shoulder belt on the outside shoulder
only. Never wear the shoulder belt under
the arm. Never use a single seatbelt for
more than one person.

WARNING: Even with advanced

restraints systems, properly restrain
children 12 and under in a rear seating
position. Failure to follow this could
seriously increase the risk of injury or
death.

WARNING: Seatbelts and seats may

be hot in a vehicle that is in the sunshine.
The hot seatbelts or seats may burn a small
child. Check seat covers and buckles
before you place a child anywhere near
them.

All seating positions in your vehicle have lap
and shoulder seatbelts. All occupants of the
vehicle should always properly wear their
seatbelts, even when an airbag supplemental
restraint system is provided.

The seatbelt system consists of:
•

Lap and shoulder seatbelts.

•

Shoulder seatbelt with automatic locking
mode, (except driver seatbelt and rear
inflatable seatbelt).

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•

Height adjuster at the front outboard
seating positions.

•

Seatbelt pretensioner at the front
outboard seating positions.

•

Belt tension sensor at the front outboard
passenger seating position.

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•

Seatbelt warning light and chime.

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•

Crash sensors and monitoring system
with readiness indicator.

The seatbelt pretensioners and rear
inflatable seatbelts are designed to activate
in frontal, near-frontal and side crashes, and
in rollovers. The seatbelt pretensioners at
the front seating positions are designed to
tighten the seatbelts firmly against the
occupant’s body when activated. This helps
increase the effectiveness of the seatbelts.
In frontal crashes, the seatbelt pretensioners
can be activated alone or, if the crash is of
sufficient severity, together with the front
airbags.

FASTENING THE SEATBELTS

Standard belts shown, inflatable belts similar

The front outermost and rear safety restraints
in the vehicle are combination lap and
shoulder belts.

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1. Insert the belt tongue into the proper

buckle (the buckle closest to the direction
the tongue is coming from) until you hear
a snap and feel it latch. Make sure you
securely fasten the tongue in the buckle.

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2. To unfasten, press the release button

and remove the tongue from the buckle.

Using Seatbelts During Pregnancy

WARNING: Always ride and drive

with your seatback upright and properly
fasten your seatbelt. Fit the lap portion of
the seatbelt snugly and low across the
hips. Position the shoulder portion of the
seatbelt across your chest. Pregnant
women must follow this practice. See the
following figure.

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Pregnant women should always wear their
seatbelt. Position the lap belt portion of a
combination lap and shoulder belt low across
the hips below the belly and worn as tight
as comfort allows. Position the shoulder belt
to cross the middle of the shoulder and the
center of the chest.

Seatbelt Locking Modes

WARNING: If your vehicle is involved

in a crash, have the seatbelts and
associated components inspected as soon
as possible. Failure to follow this instruction
could result in personal injury or death.

All safety restraints in the vehicle are
combination lap and shoulder belts. The
driver seatbelt has the vehicle sensitive
locking mode. The front outboard passenger
and rear seat seatbelts have both the vehicle
sensitive locking mode and the automatic
locking mode.

Vehicle Sensitive Mode

This is the normal retractor mode, which
allows free shoulder belt length adjustment
to your movements and locking in response
to vehicle movement. For example, if the
driver brakes suddenly or turns a corner
sharply, or the vehicle receives an impact of
about 5 mph (8 km/h) or more, the
combination seatbelts lock to help reduce
forward movement of the driver and
passengers.

In addition, the retractor is designed to lock
if you pull the webbing out too quickly. If the
seatbelt retractor locks, slowly lower the
height adjuster to allow the seatbelt to
retract. If the retractor does not unlock, pull
the seatbelt out slowly then feed a small

length of webbing back toward the stowed
position. For rear seatbelts, recline the rear
seat backrest or push the seat backrest
cushion away from the seatbelt. Feed a small
length of webbing back toward the stowed
position.

Automatic Locking Mode

In this mode, the shoulder belt automatically
pre-locks. The belt still retracts to remove
any slack in the shoulder belt. The automatic
locking mode is not available on the driver
seatbelt.

When to Use the Automatic Locking Mode

Use this mode any time you install a child
restraint, except a booster, in passenger front
or rear seating positions. Properly restrain
children 12 years old and under in a rear
seating position whenever possible. See
Child Safety (page 21).

How to Use the Automatic Locking Mode

Standard Seatbelts

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1. Buckle the combination lap and shoulder

belt.

2. Grasp the shoulder portion and pull

downward until you pull the entire belt
out. As the belt retracts, you will hear a
clicking sound. This indicates the seatbelt
is now in the automatic locking mode.

Rear Outermost Inflatable Seatbelts (If
Equipped)

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1. Buckle the combination lap and shoulder

belt.

2. Grasp the lap portion of the belt and pull

upward until you pull the entire belt out.

3. Allow the belt to retract. As the belt

retracts, you will hear a clicking sound.
This indicates the seatbelt is now in the
automatic locking mode.

How to Disengage the Automatic Locking
Mode

Unbuckle the combination lap and shoulder
belt and allow it to retract completely to
disengage the automatic locking mode and
activate the vehicle sensitive (emergency)
locking mode.

Rear Inflatable Seatbelt

(If Equipped)

WARNING: Do not attempt to service,

repair, or modify the supplementary
restraint system or associated components.
Failure to follow this instruction could result
in personal injury or death.

The rear inflatable seatbelts are in the
shoulder portion of the seatbelts of the
second-row outermost seating positions.

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Note: The rear inflatable seatbelts are
compatible with most infant and child safety
car seats and belt positioning booster seats
when properly installed. This is because they
are designed to fill with a cooled gas at a
lower pressure and at a slower rate than
traditional airbags. After inflation, the
shoulder portion of the seatbelt remains cool
to the touch.

The rear inflatable seatbelt consists of the
following:
•

An inflatable bag in the shoulder seatbelt
webbing.

•

Lap seatbelt webbing with automatic
locking mode.

•

The same warning light, electronic
control and diagnostic unit as used for
the front seatbelts.

•

Impact sensors in various parts of the
vehicle.

How does the rear inflatable seatbelt
system work?

WARNING: If a supplementary

restraint system component has deployed,
it will not function again. Have the system
and associated components inspected as
soon as possible. Failure to follow this
instruction could result in personal injury
or death.

The rear inflatable seatbelts function like
standard restraints in everyday usage.

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During a crash of sufficient force, the
inflatable belt inflates from inside the
webbing.

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The fully inflated belt's increased diameter
more effectively holds the occupant in the
appropriate seating position, and spreads
crash forces over more area of the body than
regular seatbelts. This helps reduce pressure
on the chest and helps control head and
neck motion for passengers.

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The rear inflatable seatbelts are designed to
inflate in frontal or near-frontal crashes and
some side impact crashes and rollovers. The
fact that the rear inflatable seatbelt did not
inflate in a crash does not mean that
something is wrong with the system. Rather,
it means the forces were not of the type
sufficient to cause activation.

SEATBELT HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT

WARNING: Position the safety belt

height adjusters so that the belt rests
across the middle of your shoulder. Failure
to adjust the safety belt properly could
reduce the effectiveness of the safety belt
and increase the risk of injury in a crash.

Adjust the height of the shoulder belt so the
belt rests across the middle of your shoulder.

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To adjust the shoulder belt height:

1. Press the button and slide the height

adjuster up or down.

2. Release the button and pull down on the

height adjuster to make sure it is locked
in place.

SEATBELT WARNING LAMP AND
INDICATOR CHIME

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This lamp illuminates and an
indicator chime will sound if the
driver seatbelt has not been

fastened when the vehicle's ignition is turned
on.

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Conditions of operation

Then

If

The seatbelt warning lamp illuminates and the indicator chime sounds

for a few seconds.

The driver seatbelt is not buckled before the ignition switch is turned

to the on position...

The seatbelt warning lamp and indicator chime turn off.

The driver seatbelt is buckled while the warning lamp is illuminated

and the indicator chime is sounding...

The seatbelt warning lamp and indicator chime remain off.

The driver seatbelt is buckled before the ignition switch is turned to

the on position...

SEATBELT REMINDER

Belt-Minder™

This feature supplements the safety belt
warning function by providing additional
reminders that intermittently sound a tone
and illuminate the safety belt warning light
when you are in the driver seat or you have
a front seat passenger and a safety belt is
unbuckled.

The system uses information from the front
passenger sensing system to determine if a
front seat passenger is present and therefore
potentially in need of a warning. To avoid
activating the Belt-Minder feature for objects
you place in the front passenger seat, only
the front seat passengers receive warnings
as determined by the front passenger
sensing system.

If the Belt-Minder warnings expire (warnings
for about five minutes) for one passenger
(driver or front passenger), the other
passenger can still cause the Belt-Minder
feature to turn on.

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Then...

If...

The Belt-Minder feature will not activate.

You and the front seat passenger buckle your safety belts before you
switch the ignition on or less than 1-2 minutes elapse after you switch

the ignition on...

The Belt-Minder feature activates, the safety belt warning light illumin-

ates and a warning tone sounds for 6 seconds every 25 seconds,

repeating for about 5 minutes or until you and the front seat passenger

buckle your safety belts.

You or the front seat passenger do not buckle your safety belts before
your vehicle reaches at least 6 mph (9.7 km/h) and 1-2 minutes elapse

after you switch the ignition on...

The Belt-Minder feature activates, the safety belt warning light illumin-

ates and a warning tone sounds for 6 seconds every 25 seconds,

repeating for about 5 minutes or until you and the front seat passenger

buckle your safety belts.

The safety belt for the driver or front passenger is unbuckled for about

1 minute while the vehicle is traveling at least 6 mph (9.7 km/h) and

more than 1-2 minutes elapse after you switch the ignition on...

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Deactivating and Activating the Belt-Minder
Feature

WARNING: While the system allows

you to deactivate it, this system is designed
to improve your chances of being safely
belted and surviving an accident. We
recommend you leave the system
activated for yourself and others who may
use the vehicle.

Note: The driver and front passenger
warnings switch on and off independently.
When you perform this procedure for one
seating position, do not buckle the other
position as this will terminate the process.

Read Steps 1 - 4 thoroughly before
proceeding with the programming
procedure.

Before following the procedure, make sure
that:
•

The parking brake is set.

•

The transmission is in park (P) or neutral
(N).

•

The ignition is off.

•

The driver and front passenger safety
belts are unbuckled.

1. Switch the ignition on. Do not start the

vehicle.

2. Wait until the safety belt warning light

turns off (about one minute). After Step
2, wait an additional 5 seconds before
proceeding with Step 3. Once you start
Step 3, you must complete the procedure
within 30 seconds.

3. For the seating position you are switching

off, buckle then unbuckle the safety belt
three times at a moderate speed, ending
in the unbuckled state. After Step 3, the
safety belt warning light turns on.

4. While the safety belt warning light is on,

buckle and then unbuckle the safety belt.
After Step 4, the safety belt warning light
flashes for confirmation.

•

This will switch the feature off for that
seating position if it is currently on.

•

This will switch the feature on for that
seating position if it is currently off.

CHILD RESTRAINT AND SEATBELT
MAINTENANCE

Inspect the vehicle seatbelts and child
restraint systems periodically to make sure
they work properly and are not damaged.
Inspect the vehicle seatbelts to make sure
there are no nicks, tears or cuts. Replace if
necessary. All vehicle seatbelt assemblies,
including retractors, buckles, front seatbelt
buckle assemblies, buckle support
assemblies (slide bar-if equipped), shoulder
belt height adjusters (if equipped), shoulder
belt guide on seatback (if equipped), rear
inflatable seatbelts (if equipped), child
restraint LATCH and tether anchors, and
attaching hardware, should be inspected
after a crash. Read the child restraint
manufacturer's instructions for additional
inspection and maintenance information
specific to the child restraint.

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We recommend that all seatbelt assemblies
in use in vehicles involved in a crash be
replaced. However, if the crash was minor
and an authorized dealer finds that the belts
do not show damage and continue to
operate properly, they do not need to be
replaced. Seatbelt assemblies not in use
during a crash should also be inspected and
replaced if either damage or improper
operation is noted.

Properly care for seatbelts. See Cleaning
the Interior (page 345).

SEATBELT EXTENSIONS

WARNING: Persons who fit into the

vehicle's seatbelt should not use an
extension. Unnecessary use could result
in serious personal injury in the event of a
crash.

WARNING: Only use extensions

provided free of charge by Lincoln Motor
Company dealers. The dealer will provide
an extension designed specifically for this
vehicle, model year and seating position.
The use of an extension intended for
another vehicle, model year or seating
position may not offer you the full
protection of your vehicle’s seatbelt
restraint system.

WARNING: Never use seatbelt

extensions to install child restraints.

WARNING: Do not use a seatbelt

extension with an inflatable seatbelt.

WARNING: Do not use extensions

to change the fit of the belt across the
torso, over the lap or to make the seatbelt
buckle easier to reach.

If, because of body size or driving position,
it is not possible to properly fasten the
seatbelt over your lap and shoulder, an
extension that is compatible with the
seatbelts is available free of charge from
Lincoln Motor Company dealers. Only Lincoln
seatbelt extensions made by the same
company which made the original equipment
seatbelts, should be used with Lincoln
seatbelts. Ask your authorized dealer if your
extension is compatible with your Lincoln
vehicle restraint system.

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The Personal Safety System provides an
improved overall level of frontal crash
protection to front seat occupants and is
designed to help further reduce the risk of
airbag-related injuries. The system is able to
analyze different occupant conditions and
crash severity before activating the
appropriate safety devices to help better
protect a range of occupants in a variety of
frontal crash situations.

The Vehicle Personal Safety System consists
of:
•

Driver and passenger dual-stage airbag
supplemental restraints.

•

Front seat outermost seatbelts with
pretensioners, energy management
retractors and seatbelt usage sensors.

•

Driver seat position sensor.

•

Passenger seat position sensor.

•

Front passenger sensing system.

•

Passenger airbag off and on indicators.

•

Front crash severity sensors.

•

Restraints control module with impact
and safing sensors.

•

Restraint system warning lamp and tone.

•

The electrical wiring for the airbags, crash
sensors, seatbelt pretensioners, front
seatbelt usage sensors, driver seat
position sensor, front passenger sensing
system and indicators.

How Does the Personal Safety System
Work?

The Personal Safety System can adapt the
deployment strategy of the safety devices
according to crash severity and occupant
conditions. A collection of crash and
occupant sensors provides information to
the restraints control module. During a crash,
the restraints control module may deploy the
seatbelt pretensioners, one or both stages
of the dual-stage airbags based on crash
severity and occupant conditions.

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PRINCIPLE OF OPERATION

WARNING: Airbags do not inflate

slowly or gently, and the risk of injury from
a deploying airbag is the greatest close to
the trim covering the airbag module.

WARNING: All occupants of your

vehicle, including the driver, should always
properly wear their seatbelts, even when
an airbag supplemental restraint system is
provided. Failure to properly wear your
seatbelt could seriously increase the risk
of injury or death.

WARNING: Even with advanced

restraints systems, properly restrain
children 12 and under in a rear seating
position. Failure to follow this could
seriously increase the risk of injury or
death.

WARNING: Do not place your arms

on the airbag cover or through the steering
wheel. Failure to follow this instruction
could result in personal injury.

WARNING: Keep the areas in front

of the airbags free from obstruction. Do
not affix anything to or over the airbag
covers. Objects could become projectiles
during airbag deployment or in a sudden
stop. Failure to follow this instruction could
result in personal injury or death.

WARNING: Airbags can kill or injure

a child in a child restraint. Never place a
rear-facing child restraint in front of an
active airbag. If you must use a
forward-facing child restraint in the front
seat, move the seat upon which the child
restraint is installed all the way back.

WARNING: Do not attempt to service,

repair, or modify the supplementary
restraint system or associated components.
Failure to follow this instruction could result
in personal injury or death.

WARNING: Several airbag system

components get hot after inflation. To
reduce the risk of injury, do not touch them
after inflation.

WARNING: If a supplementary

restraint system component has deployed,
it will not function again. Have the system
and associated components inspected as
soon as possible. Failure to follow this
instruction could result in personal injury
or death.

The airbags are a supplemental restraint
system and are designed to work with the
seatbelts to help protect the driver and right
front passenger from certain upper body
injuries. Airbags do not inflate slowly; there
is a risk of injury from a deploying airbag.

Note: You will hear a loud bang and see a
cloud of harmless powdery residue if an
airbag deploys. This is normal.

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The airbags inflate and deflate rapidly upon
activation. After airbag deployment, it is
normal to notice a smoke-like, powdery
residue or smell the burnt propellant. This
may consist of cornstarch, talcum powder (to
lubricate the bag) or sodium compounds (for
example, baking soda) that result from the
combustion process that inflates the airbag.
Small amounts of sodium hydroxide may be
present which may irritate the skin and eyes,
but none of the residue is toxic.

While the system is designed to help reduce
serious injuries, contact with a deploying
airbag may also cause abrasions or swelling.
Temporary hearing loss is also a possibility
as a result of the noise associated with a
deploying airbag. Because airbags must
inflate rapidly and with considerable force,
there is the risk of death or serious injuries
such as fractures, facial and eye injuries or
internal injuries, particularly to occupants
who are not properly restrained or are
otherwise out of position at the time of airbag
deployment. Thus, it is extremely important
that occupants be properly restrained as far
away from the airbag module as possible
while maintaining vehicle control.

Routine maintenance of the airbags is not
required.

DRIVER AND PASSENGER
AIRBAGS

WARNING: Do not place your arms

on the airbag cover or through the steering
wheel. Failure to follow this instruction
could result in personal injury.

WARNING: Keep the areas in front

of the airbags free from obstruction. Do
not affix anything to or over the airbag
covers. Objects could become projectiles
during airbag deployment or in a sudden
stop. Failure to follow this instruction could
result in personal injury or death.

WARNING: Airbags can kill or injure

a child in a child restraint. Never place a
rear-facing child restraint in front of an
active airbag. If you must use a
forward-facing child restraint in the front
seat, move the seat upon which the child
restraint is installed all the way back.

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The driver and front passenger airbags will
deploy during significant frontal and near
frontal crashes.

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