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J SRS frontal airbag

WARNING

D NEVER INSTALL A REARWARD FACING CHILD SAFETY SEAT

IN THE FRONT SEAT. DOING SO RISKS SERIOUS INJURY OR

DEATH TO THE CHILD BY PLACING THE CHILD’S HEAD TOO

CLOSE TO THE SRS AIRBAG.

D Never allow a child to stand up, or to kneel on the front pas-

senger’s seat, or never hold a child on your lap or in your arms.

The SRS airbag deploys with considerable force and can injure or

even kill the child.

D The SRS airbag deploys with considerable speed and force.

Occupants who are out of proper position when the SRS airbag

deploys could suffer very serious injuries. Because the SRS air-

bag needs enough space for deployment, the driver should al-

ways sit upright and well back in the seat as far from the steering

wheel as practical while still maintaining full vehicle control and

the front passenger should move the seat as far back as possible

and sit upright and well back in the seat.

It is also important to wear your seatbelt to help avoid injuries

that can result when the SRS airbag contacts an occupant not in

proper position such as one thrown toward the front of the car

during pre-accident braking.

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Never install rearward facing child

restraint system in the front passen-

ger’s seat.

Never allow a child to stand up, or

to kneel on the front passenger’s

seat

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Never hold a child on your lap or in

your arms.

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Adjust the seatback to

upright position. Sit well

back and upright.

Move the seat as far from the

steering wheel as practical.

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Adjust the seatback to

upright position. Sit

well back and upright.

Move the seat

as far back as

possible.

WARNING

D Do not put any objects over the steering wheel pad and dash-

board. If the SRS frontal airbag deploys, those objects could in-

terfere with its proper operation and could be propelled inside the

vehicle and cause injury.

D Do not attach accessories to the windshield, or fit an extra-

wide mirror over the rear view mirror. If the SRS airbag deploys,

those objects could become projectiles that could seriously in-

jure vehicle occupants.

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The driver’s SRS frontal airbag is stowed in the center portion of the

steering wheel. The passenger’s SRS frontal airbag is stowed near the

top of the dashboard under an “SRS AIRBAG” mark.

In a moderate to severe frontal collision, the driver’s and front passen-

ger’s SRS frontal airbags deploy and supplement the seatbelts by reduc-

ing the impact on the driver’s and front passenger’s head and chest.

B Operation

CAUTION

Do not touch the SRS airbag system components around the

steering wheel and dashboard with bare hands right after deploy-

ment. Doing so can cause burns because the components can be

very hot as a result of deployment.

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SRS airbags deploy

as soon as a collision

occurs.

After deployment,

SRS airbags start to

deflate immediately

so that the driver’s

vision is not

obstructed.

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Driver’s side Passenger’s side

The SRS airbag can function only when the ignition switch is in the

“ON” position.

If the front sub sensors inside the both front fenders and the impact

sensors in the airbag control module detect a certain predetermined

amount of force during a frontal collision, the control module sends

signals to the frontal airbag modules instructing them to inflate the

SRS frontal airbags. Then both airbag modules produce gas, which

instantly inflates driver’s and passenger’s SRS frontal airbags. After

the deployment, the SRS airbags immediately start to deflate so that

the driver’s vision is not obstructed. The time required from detecting

impact to the deflation of the SRS airbag after deployment is shorter

than the blink of an eye.

The front passenger’s SRS frontal airbag deploys together with driv-

er’s SRS frontal airbag even when no one occupies the front passen-

ger’s seat.

When the SRS frontal airbags deploy, the driver’s and front passen-

ger’s seatbelt pretensioners operate at the same time.

Although it is highly unlikely that the SRS airbag would activate in a

non-accident situation, should it occur, the SRS airbag will deflate

quickly, not obscuring vision and will not interfere with the driver’s

ability to maintain control of the vehicle.

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When the SRS airbag deploys, a sudden, fairly loud inflation noise will

be heard and some smoke will be released. These occurrences are

normal result of the deployment. This smoke does not indicate a fire in

the vehicle.

The SRS frontal airbag is designed to deploy in the event of an acci-

dent involving a moderate to severe frontal collision. It is basically not

designed to deploy in lesser frontal impacts because the necessary

protection can be achieved by the seatbelt alone. Also, it is basically

not designed to deploy in side or rear impacts or in roll-over acci-

dents because deployment of the SRS frontal airbag would not help

the occupant in those situations. The SRS airbag is designed to func-

tion on a one-time-only basis.

SRS airbag deployment depends on the level of force experienced in

the passenger compartment during a collision. That level differs from

one type of collision to another, and it may have no bearing on the

visible damage done to the vehicle itself.

n Examples of accident in which the SRS frontal airbag will most

likely deploy.

A head-on collision against a thick concrete wall at a vehicle speed of

12 to 19 mph (20 to 30 km/h) or higher activates the SRS frontal air-

bag. The SRS frontal airbag will also be activated when the vehicle is

exposed to a frontal impact similar in fashion and magnitude to the

above-mentioned collision.

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n Examples of the types of accidents in which it is possible that

the SRS frontal airbag will deploy.

The SRS frontal airbag may be activated when the vehicle sustains a

hard impact in the undercarriage area from the road surface (such as

when the vehicle plunges into a deep ditch, is severely bumped or

knocked hard against an obstacle on the road such as a curb).

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n Examples of the types of accidents in which the SRS frontal

airbag is unlikely to deploy.

There are many types of collisions which might not necessarily require

SRS frontal airbag deployment. If the vehicle strikes an object, such

as a telephone pole or sign pole, or if it slides under a truck’s load

bed, or if it sustains an oblique offset frontal impact, the SRS frontal

airbag may not deploy depending on the level of accident forces in-

volved.

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The vehicle sustains an

oblique offset frontal

impact.

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n Examples of the types of accidents in which the SRS frontal

airbag will basically not deploy.

The SRS frontal airbag is basically not designed to deploy if the

vehicle is struck from side or from behind, or if it rolls onto its side or

roof, or if it is involved in a low-speed frontal collision.

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The vehicle is struck from

the side.

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In an accident where the vehicle is impacted more than once, the

SRS frontal airbag deploys only once.

Example: In the case of a double collision, first with another vehicle,

then against a concrete wall in immediate succession, once the SRS

frontal airbag is activated on the first impact, it will not be activated on

the second.

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