Safety features of your vehicle
Driver's and passenger's front air Your vehicle is equipped with an These sensors provide the ability to
bag
Advanced Supplemental Restraint control the SRS deployment based on
(Air Bag) System and lap/shoulder whether or not the seat belts are fas-
belts at both the driver and passen- tened, and how severe the impact is.
ger seating position.
■ Driver’s front air bag
The indication of the system's pres- The advanced SRS offers the ability
ence are the letters "AIR BAG" locat- to control the air bag inflation with
ed on the air bag pad cover on the two levels. A first stage level is pro-
steering wheel and the passenger's vided for moderate-severity impacts.
side front panel pad above the glove A second stage level is provided for
box.
more severe impacts.
The SRS consists of air bags The passenger’s front air bag is
installed under the pad covers in the designed to help reduce the injury of
center of the steering wheel and the children sitting close to the instru-
passenger's side front panel above ment panel in low speed collisions.
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■ Passenger’s front air bag
the glove box.
However, children are safer if they
are restrained in the rear seat.
The purpose of the SRS is to provide
the vehicle's driver and/or the front
passenger with additional protection According to the impact severity and
than that offered by the seat belt sys- seat belt usage, the SRSCM (SRS
tem alone in case of a frontal impact Control Module) controls the air bag
of sufficient severity. The SRS uses inflation. Failure to properly wear
sensors to gather information about seat belts can increase the risk or
the driver's and front passenger's severity of injury in an accident.
seat belt usage and impact severity.
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The seat belt buckle sensors deter-
mine if the driver and front passen-
ger's seat belts are fastened.
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