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Safety system
WARNING
To reduce the risk of serious injury
or death from an inflating curtain
air bags, take the following pre-
cautions:
• All seat occupants must wear
seat belts at all times to help
keep occupants positioned
properly.
• Properly secure child restraints
as far away from the door as
possible.
• Do not place any objects over
the air bag. Also, do not attach
any objects around the area the
air bag inflates such as the door,
side door glass, front and rear
pillar, roof side rail.
• Do not hang other objects
except clothes, especially hard
or breakable objects. In an acci-
dent, it may cause vehicle dam-
age or personal injury.
• 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.
• Do not open or repair the side
curtain air bags.
How does the air bags system
operate?
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The SRS consists of the following
components:
(1) Driver’s front air bag module
(2) Passenger’s front air bag module*
(3) Side air bag modules*
(4) Curtain air bag modules*
(5) Retractor pre-tensioner assem-
blies*
(6) Air bag warning light
(7) SRS control module (SRSCM)/
Rollover sensor*
(8) Front impact sensors
(9) Side impact sensors*
(10) Side pressure sensors*
(11) Passenger’s front air bag OFF
indicator (front passenger’s seat
only) *
(12) Passenger’s front air bag ON/
OFF switch *
* : if equipped
The SRSCM continually monitors
SRS components while the ignition
switch is in the ON position to deter-
mine if a crash impact is severe
enough to require air bag deployment
or pre-tensioner seat belt deploy-
ment.