Essential Safety Equipment
SRS Air Bags
Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) Precautions
The front and side supplemental restraint systems (SRS) include up to 4 air bags. Please verify the air bags equipped on your vehicle by locating the “SRS AIRBAG” location indicators. These indicators are visible in the area where the air bags are installed.
The air bags are installed in the following locations:
lThe steering wheel hub (driver air bag)
lThe passenger dashboard (passenger air bag)
lThe outboard sides of the seatbacks (side air bags)í
The air bag supplemental restraint systems are designed to provide supplemental protection in certain situations, so seat belts are always important in the following ways:
Without seat belt usage, the air bags cannot provide adequate protection during an accident. Seat belt usage is necessary to:
lKeep the occupant from being thrown into an inflating air bag.
lReduce the possibility of injuries during an accident that is not designed for air bag inflation, such as
lReduce the possibility of injuries in frontal, near frontal, side collisions that are not severe enough to activate the air bags.
lReduce the possibility of being thrown from your vehicle.
lReduce the possibility of injuries to lower body and legs during an accident because the air bags provide no protection to these parts of the body.
lHold the driver in a position which allows better control of the vehicle.
If your vehicle is also equipped with a driver and passenger occupant classification system, refer to the Driver and Passenger Occupant Classification System (page
If your vehicle is equipped with a driver and passenger occupant classification system, the passenger air bag deactivation indicator light illuminates for a specified time after the ignition is switched ON.
íSome models.
