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6 SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT SYSTEM (SRS) (if equipped)
6.1 Introduction
The Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) includes airbags, pre-tensioners and ECU.
The airbags are designed to provide further protection to the vehicle occupants in
addition to the primary protection provided by the seat belts and seat belt pre-
tensioners.
The primary components of the system are the sensors which measure the crash
severity. In the event of a significant frontal impact, the SRS airbags inflate to work in
conjunction with the seat belts and help reduce injuries mainly to the driver's or front
passenger's head/chest.
Seat belts are the primary restraint system in the vehicle. An airbag provides
supplemental protection in addition to the seat belts.
All occupants, including the driver, should always wear their seat belts
irrespective of presence of airbags to minimize the risk of severe injury in the
event of a crash.
Airbags are more effective in reducing injuries when the seat belts are worn.
6.2 Airbag
Your vehicle has the following airbags:
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A frontal airbag for the driver
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A frontal airbag for the front passenger (if equipped)
Airbags are located in:
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The steering wheel hub
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The passenger side instrument panel
They are indicated by “SRS AIRBAG” embossed on the covers.
An airbag is not designed to deploy in every type of crash. Depending on the
type of accident or impact, the front airbags independently deploy thereby
protecting the occupants. It is not necessary that ALL the airbags deploy during
an accident.
To minimize the risk of severe injury in the event of a crash, every passenger must
always wear their seat belt (see the chapter on Seat Belts in this manual). The
airbags inflate very quickly with great force. Do not position any part of your body too
close to a airbag, you or especially children could be seriously injured/killed by a
deploying airbag.
6.2.1 Driver and Front Passenger Air Bag
Your vehicle is equipped with a Supplemental Restraint System (Airbag) and lap/
shoulder belts at both the driver and front passenger seating positions. The
indications of the system's presence are the letters “SRS AIR BAG” embossed on the
airbag pad cover in the steering wheel and the passenger's side front panel pad
above the glove box.
The SRS is designed to deploy the front airbags only when an impact is sufficiently
severe and when the impact angle is less than ± 30° from the forward longitudinal
axis of the vehicle.
SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT SYSTEM (SRS) (if equipped)
