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Essential Safety Equipment

SRS Air Bags

WARNING

Do not allow an occupant in the passenger's seat to sit with a posture which makes 

it difficult for the passenger occupant classification sensor to detect the occupant 

correctly:

Sitting in the passenger's seat with a posture which makes it difficult for the passenger 

occupant classification sensor to detect the occupant correctly is dangerous. If the 

passenger occupant classification sensor cannot detect the occupant sitting on the 

passenger's seat correctly, the passenger front and side air bags and pretensioner system 

may not operate (deploy) or they may operate (deploy) accidentally. The passenger 

will not have the supplementary protection of the air bags or the accidental operation 

(deployment) of the air bags could result in serious injury or death.

Under the following conditions, the passenger occupant classification sensor cannot 

detect a passenger sitting on the passenger's seat correctly and the deployment/non-

deployment of the air bags cannot be controlled as indicated in the passenger air bag 

deactivation indicator light on/off condition chart. For example:

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  A passenger is seated as shown in the following figure:

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