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Essential Safety Equipment

SRS Air Bags

Form No. 8R29-EA-02I

The supplemental restraint systems (SRS) have two basic subsystems:

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The air bag system with inflators and air bags.

•

The electric system with crash sensors and diagnostic module.

The air bags are mounted in the following locations: the center of the steering wheel, the 
passenger-side of the dashboard, in the outboard sides of the front seatbacks and the front 
and rear window pillars

*

, along the roof edge

*

. They are out of sight until activated.

*

If equipped.

*1

The driver’s seat slide position sensor determines whether the driver’s seat is fore or aft 

of a reference position. The sensor is designed to control the deployment of the driver’s 
air bag depending on how close the driver’s seat is to the steering wheel.

*2

The buckle switches on the front seat belts determine whether or not the front seat belts 

are securely fastened and further control the deployment of the air bags on the front 
seats.

Air Bag System Description

Dual stage inflators and air bags*3

Inflators and air bags

Seat belt buckle switches*2

Front air bag sensor

Side and curtain air bag

crash sensor*

Seat slide position sensor
(only for driver's seat)*1

Inflators and air bags

Side and curtain air bag crash sensor*

Crash sensors and
diagnostic module
(SAS unit)

J56J_8R29_EA_02I_Edition4.book  Page 38  Monday, April 21, 2003  3:44 PM