FREE REPAIR MANUALS & LABOR GUIDES 1982-2013 Vehicles
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General Description




GENERAL DESCRIPTION

CAUTION:
- Driver and front passenger air bags and seat belt pre-tensioner deploy and operate in all head-on collisions that exceed the threshold to activate the SRS system.
- The specific value is the equivalent impact when a vehicle collides against a concrete (fixed) wall at approximately 25 kph (16 mph) or more.
- The SRS and pre-tensioner may not work under the following conditions:
- A head-on collision is less than the specific value.
- A vehicle collides on its rear end.
- A vehicle rolls over or is in a similar position.

Apart from driver's and front passenger's air bags and seat belts with pre-tensioner fitted as standard, some models can be equipped with optional side air bags on both driver's and front passenger's sides, increasing the passive safety level.

SRS SIDE AIR BAG
Side air bag systems in the front seats are activated when sideward impacts applied to the vehicle exceed a threshold to protect the occupants' upper bodies.