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Essential Safety Equipment

SRS Air Bags

*Some models.

(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 

2-57).

 Curtain Air Bags

*

The curtain air bags are mounted in the front and rear window pillars, and the roof edge 

along both sides.

When the air bag crash sensors detect a side impact of greater than moderate force, the 

curtain air bag inflates quickly and helps to reduce injury mainly to the rear outboard 

passenger's head 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).

In a side impact:

Greater than moderate impact to one side of the vehicle will cause the curtain air bag on that 

side only to inflate.

Only one side curtain air bag will deploy on the 
side of the vehicle that receives the force of an 
impact.

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