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Essential Safety Equipment

SRS Air Bags

WARNING

Do not allow an occupant in the front passenger's seat to sit with a posture which 

makes it difficult for the front passenger occupant classification sensor to detect the 

occupant correctly:

Sitting in the front passenger's seat with a posture which makes it difficult for the front 

passenger occupant classification sensor to detect the occupant correctly is dangerous. 

If the front passenger occupant classification sensor cannot detect the occupant sitting 

on the front passenger's seat correctly, the front passenger front and side air bags and 

pretensioner system may not operate (deploy) or they may operate (deploy) accidentally. 

The front passenger will not have the supplementary protection of the air bags or the 

accidental operation (deployment) of the air bags could result in serious injury or death.

Under the following conditions, the front passenger occupant classification sensor 

cannot detect a passenger sitting on the front passenger's seat correctly and the 

deployment/non-deployment of the air bags cannot be controlled as indicated in the 

front passenger air bag deactivation indicator light on/off condition chart. For example:

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  A front passenger is seated as shown in the following figure:

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  A rear passenger pushes up on the front passenger seat with their feet.

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  Luggage or other items placed under the front passenger seat or between the front 

passenger seat and driver seat that push up the front passenger seat bottom.

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