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Essential Safety Equipment

SRS Air Bags

 Side Air Bags

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 inflates the side air bag only on the side in which the vehicle was hit. The side 

air bag inflates 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 2-62).

(With Front Passenger Occupant Classification System)

In addition, the front passenger side bag is designed to only deploy when the front passenger 

occupant classification sensor detects a passenger sitting on the front passenger's seat. For 

details, refer to the front passenger occupant classification system (page 

2-65).

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