Essential Safety Equipment; SRS Air Bags- Page 65

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Essential Safety Equipment

SRS Air Bags

*Some models.

 Front Passenger Air Bag

The front passenger air bag is mounted in the front passenger dashboard.

The inflation mechanism for the front passenger air bag is the same as the driver's air bag.

For more details about air bag deployment, refer to "SRS Air Bag Deployment Criteria" 

(page 2-54).

(With Front Passenger Occupant Classification System)

In addition, the front passenger air 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 

2-57).

 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 2-54).

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