Seats & Safety System
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For vehicles equipped with a rollover
sensor the side and/or curtain airbags
and pretensioners on both sides of
the vehicle may deploy if a rollover or
possible rollover is detected.
The curtain airbags are not designed
to deploy in all side impact or rollover
situations.
WARNING
To reduce the risk of serious injury or
death from an inflating curtain airbag:
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All occupants must wear seat belts
at all times to help keep occupants
positioned properly.
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Properly secure a Child Restraint
System as far away from the door as
possible.
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Do not place any objects over the
airbag. Also, do not attach any objects
around the area the airbag inflates
such as door, side door glass, front
and rear pillar, and roof side rail.
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Do not hang other objects except
clothes, especially hard or breakable
objects near airbag locations. In
an accident, it may cause vehicle
damage or personal injury.
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Do not allow passengers to lean their
heads or bodies onto doors, put their
arms on the doors, stretch their arms
out of the window, or place objects
between the doors and seats.
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Do not open or repair the side curtain
airbags.
How does the Airbag System
Operate?
The SRSCM (Supplemental Restraint
System Control Module) continually
monitors all SRS components while the
ignition switch is ON to determine if a
crash impact is severe enough to require
airbag deployment or pretensioner seat
belt deployment.
During a moderate to severe frontal
collision, sensors detect the vehicle’s
rapid deceleration. If the rate of
deceleration is high enough, the SRSCM
inflates the front airbags with the force
needed.
The front airbags help protect the driver
and front passenger by responding to
frontal impacts in which seat belts alone
cannot provide adequate restraint. When
needed, the side airbags help provide
protection in the event of a side impact
or rollover by supporting the side upper
body area.
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Airbags are activated (able to inflate
if necessary) only when the ignition
switch is in the ON or START position,
and it may be activated within 3
minutes after the engine is turned off.
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Airbags inflate in the event of certain
frontal or side collisions to help
protect the occupants from serious
physical injury.
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There is no single speed at which
the airbags will inflate. Generally,
airbags are designed to inflate based
upon the severity of a collision and
its direction. Airbag deployment also
depends on a number of other factors
including vehicle speed, angles of
impact and the density and stiffness
of the vehicles or objects which your
vehicle impacts during a collision. The
determining factors are not limited to
those mentioned above.