Lexus ES330 2005, Owner'S Manual

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OCCUPANT RESTRAINT SYSTEM
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The surface of the seats with the side airbag (shaded in the
illustration) is scratched, cracked, or otherwise damaged.
The portion of the front pillars, rear pillars or roof side rail
garnishes (padding) containing the curtain shield airbags
inside (shaded in the illustration) is scratched, cracked, or
otherwise damaged.
NOTICE
Do not disconnect the battery cables before contacting
your Lexus dealer.
FRONT PASSENGER OCCUPANT
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM
Your vehicle is equipped with a front passenger occupant
classification system. This system detects the conditions
1 — 4 in the table shown below, and based on these
conditions activates or deactivates the airbags. The
system monitors the weight and load on the front
passenger seat, and the seat belt buckle switch in
determining conditions correctly, do not do any of the
following.
Put a heavy load in the seatback pocket.
Attach a seatback table to the front passenger seat
seatback of the front passenger seat.
Put weight on the front passenger by putting your hands or
feet on the front passenger seat seatback from the rear
passenger seat.