Essential Safety Equipment; SRS Air Bags- Page 58

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Essential Safety Equipment

SRS Air Bags

 Side Air  Bags 

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    The side air bags are mounted in the outboard sides of the front seatbacks.
  When the air bag crash sensors detect a side impact of greater than moderate force, the 
system infl ates the side air bag only on the side in which the vehicle was hit. The side 
air bag infl ates quickly to reduce injury to the driver or front passenger's chest caused by 
directly hitting interior parts such as a door or window.
  For more details about air bag deployment, refer to "SRS Air Bag Deployment Criteria" 
(page   2-48 ).

(With Front Passenger Occupant Classifi cation System)

  In addition, the front passenger side bag is designed to only deploy when the front passenger 
occupant classifi cation sensor detects a passenger sitting on the front passenger's seat. For 
details, refer to the front passenger occupant classifi cation system (page  2-52 ).