Owner's Manual

Event Data Recorder (EDR)

In the event of an accident, your vehicle is designed to

record up to five seconds of specific vehicle data param-

eters (see the following list) in an event data recorder

prior to the moment of airbag deployment and up to a

quarter-second of high-speed deceleration data during

and/or after airbag deployment. EDR data are ONLY

recorded if an airbag deploys and are otherwise unavail-

able.

NOTE:

1. Under certain circumstances, EDR data may not be

recorded (e.g., loss of battery power).

In conjunction with other data gathered during a com-

plete accident investigation, the electronic data may be

used by the manufacturer and others to learn more about

the possible causes of crashes and associated injuries in

order to assess and improve vehicle performance. In

addition to crash investigations initiated by the manufac-

turer, such investigations may be requested by custom-

ers, insurance carriers, government officials, and profes-

sional crash researchers, such as those associated with

universities, and with hospital and insurance organiza-

tions.

In the event that an investigation is undertaken by the

manufacturer (regardless of initiative), the company or

its designated representative will first obtain permission

of theappropriate custodial entityfor the vehicle (usually

the vehicle owner or lessee) before accessing the elec-

tronic data stored, unless ordered to download data by a

court with legal jurisdiction (i.e., pursuant to a warrant).

Acopy of thedata will be providedto the custodialentity

upon request. General data that does not identify par-

ticular vehicles or crashes may be released for incorpo-

ration in aggregate crash databases, such as those main-

tained by the U.S.Governmentand variousstates. Data of

a potentially sensitive nature, such as would identify a

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