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Essential Safety Equipment

Form No. 8S06-EA-03H

SRS Air Bags

The front and side supplemental restraint systems (SRS) include up to 4 air bags (verify 
"SRS AIRBAG" location indicator marks).
They are located in:

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The steering wheel hub (driver air bag)

•

The front passenger dashboard (front passenger air bag)

•

The outboard sides of the front seatbacks (side air bags)

*

These systems operate independently depending on the type of accident encountered; if 
you have side air bags, the side air bags are not likely to deploy on both sides in the same 
accident because a vehicle is not often hit from both sides. The side air bags and the frontal 
air bag system will not normally deploy during the same type of accident unless a 
combination of frontal and side impacts occur.

The air bag supplemental restraint systems are designed to provide supplemental protection 
only in the front seats in certain situations, so seat belts become important in the following 
ways:

Without seat belt usage, the air bags cannot provide adequate protection during an accident. 
Seat belt usage is necessary to:

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Keep the passenger away from an inflating air bag.

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Reduce the possibility of injuries during an accident that is not designed for air bag 
inflation, such as roll-over or rear impact.

•

Reduce the possibility of injuries in frontal or side collisions that are not severe enough 
to activate the air bags.

•

Reduce the possibility of being thrown from your vehicle.

•

Reduce the possibility of injuries to lower body and legs during an accident because the 
air bags provide no protection to these parts.

•

Hold the driver in a position which allows better control of the vehicle.

Small children should be protected by a child-restraint system. In certain regions, larger 
children must use a child-restraint system (page 2-41).
Carefully consider which child-restraint system is necessary for your child and follow the 
installation directions in this Owner’s Manual as well as the child-restraint system 
manufacturer’s instructions.

Supplemental Restraint Systems (SRS) Precautions

*Some models.

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