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Essential Safety Equipment
SRS Air Bags
*Some models.
(With Front Passenger Occupant Classi
fi
cation System)
In addition, the front passenger side bag is designed to only deploy when the front passenger
occupant classi
fi
cation sensor detects a passenger sitting on the front passenger's seat. For
details, refer to the front passenger occupant classi
fi
cation system (page 2-57 ).
Curtain Air Bags
*
The curtain air bags are mounted in the front and rear window pillars, and the roof edge
along both sides.
When the air bag crash sensors detect a side impact of greater than moderate force, the
curtain air bag in
fl
ates quickly and helps to reduce injury mainly to the rear outboard
passenger's head caused by directly hitting interior parts such as a door or window.
For more details about air bag deployment, refer to "SRS Air Bag Deployment Criteria"
(page 2-54 ).
In a side impact:
Greater than moderate impact to one side of the vehicle will cause the curtain air bag on that
side only to in
fl
ate.
Only one side curtain air bag will deploy on the
side of the vehicle that receives the force of an
impact.
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