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Essential Safety Equipment

SRS Air Bags

Limitations to side collision detection:

The following illustrations are examples of side collisions that may not be detected as severe 

enough to deploy the SRS air bag equipment.

Side impacts involving trees or poles

Side impacts with two-wheeled vehicles

Roll-over (Without Front Passenger Occupant Classification System)

(With Front Passenger Occupant Classification System)

Limitations to roll-over detection:

The following illustration is an example of an accident that may not be detected as a roll-

over accident. Therefore, the front seat belt pretensioners and curtain air bags may not 

deploy.

Pitch end over end

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