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’03 AVALON U (L/O 0206)

—Front seat belt

pretensioners

CAUTION

D After inserting the tab, make sure

the tab and buckle are locked and

that the seat belt extender is not

twisted.

D Do not insert coins, clips, etc. in

the buckle as this may prevent you

from properly latching the tab and

buckle.

D If the seat belt does not function

normally, immediately contact your

Toyota dealer. Do not use the seat

until the seat belt is fixed. It cannot

protect an adult occupant or your

child from injury.

The driver and front outside passen-

ger’s seat belt pretensioners are de-

signed to be activated in response to

a severe frontal impact.

This indicator comes on when the igni-

tion key is turned to the “ON” position.

It goes off after about 6 seconds. This

means the front outside seat belt pre-

tensioners are operating properly.

When the airbag sensor detects the shock

of a severe frontal impact, the front out-

side seat belts are quickly drawn back in

by the retractors so that the belts snugly

restrain the front outside seat occupants.

This warning light system monitors the

airbag sensor assembly, front airbag sen-

sors, side airbag sensors, driver’s seat

position sensor, driver’s seat belt buckle

switch, front seat belt pretensioner assem-

blies, inflators, warning light, interconnect-

ing wiring and power sources. (For details,

see “Service reminder indicators and

warning buzzers” in Section 1−5.)

The front outside seat belt pretensioners

are activated even with no passenger in

the front outside seat.

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When the front outside seat belt preten-

sioners are activated, an operating noise

may be heard and small amount of

smoke−like gas may be released. This gas

is harmless and does not indicate that a

fire is occurring.

NOTICE

Do not perform any of the following

changes without

consulting your

Toyota dealer. Such changes can

interfere with proper operation of the

front outside seat belt pretensioners

in some cases.

Once the front outside seat belt preten-

sioners have been activated, the seat belt

retractors remain locked.

z Installation of electronic devices

such as

mobile two−way radio,

CAUTION

cassette tape player or compact

disc player

Do not modify, remove, strike or open

the front seat belt pretensioner as-

semblies, airbag sensor or surround-

ing area or wiring. Doing so may

cause sudden operation of the front

outside seat belt pretensioners or dis-

able the system, which could result in

death or serious injury.

z Repairs on or near the front seat

belt retractor assemblies

The front outside seat belt pretensioner

system mainly consists of the following

components and their locations are shown

in the illustration.

z Modification of the suspension sys-

tem

z Modification of the front end struc-

ture

1. Front airbag sensors

z Attachment of a grille guard (bull

bar, kangaroo bar, etc.), snowplow,

winches or any other equipment to

the front end

2. SRS warning light

Failure to follow these instructions

can result in death or serious inju-

ries. Consult your Toyota dealer

about any repairs and modifications.

3. Front seat belt pretensioner assemblies

4. Airbag sensor assembly

z Repairs made on or near the front

fenders, front end structure or con-

sole

The front outside seat belt pretensioners

are controlled by the airbag sensor as-

sembly. The airbag sensor assembly con-

sists of a safing sensor and airbag sen-

sor.

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’03 AVALON U (L/O 0206)

D If either front outside seat belt does

not retract or cannot be pulled out due

to a malfunction or activation of the

relevant front outside seat belt preten-

sioner.

This front outside seat belt pretensioner

system has a service reminder indicator to

inform the driver of operating problems. If

any of the following conditions occurs, this

indicates a malfunction of the airbags or

pretensioners. Contact your Toyota dealer

as soon as possible to service the

vehicle.

In the following cases, contact your Toyota

dealer as soon as possible:

D The front of the vehicle (shaded in the

illustration) was involved in an accident

that was not severe enough to cause

the front outside seat belt pretension-

ers to operate.

D Either front outside seat belt preten-

sioner assembly or surrounding area is

scratched, cracked, or otherwise dam-

aged.

D The light does not come on when the

ignition key is turned to the “ON” posi-

tion, or remains on.

D The light comes on or flashes while

driving.

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