Essential Safety Equipment; SRS Air Bags; Limitations to side* and curtain* air bag activation (*If equipped.)- Page 53

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Essential Safety Equipment

SRS Air Bags

Form No. 8R29-EA-02I

Limitations to side* and curtain* air bag activation (*If equipped.)

Depending on the severity of impact, the side and curtain air bags may not inflate in the 
following cases:

Non-activation of side* and curtain* air bag (*If equipped.)

The side and curtain air bags will not normally inflate in the following cases:

Side impacts involving trees or poles can 
cause severe cosmetic damage but may not 
have enough impact force to activate the 
side* and curtain* air bags.

Side impacts with two-wheeled vehicles 
may not provide enough force to deploy the 
side* and curtain* air bags.

Vehicle roll-over may not provide enough 
side force to deploy the side* and curtain* 
air bags.

Frontal offset impact may not provide 
enough side impact to deploy the side* and 
curtain* air bags.

Collision from the rear.

Collision from the front, but it may deploy
the front air bags.

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