SRS Air Bags

How the SRS Air Bags Work

Front Passenger Air Bag

The front passenger air bag is mounted in the front passenger instrument panel.

The inflation mechanism for the front passenger air bag is the same as the driver's air bag.

For more details about air bag deployment, refer to "SRS Air Bag Deployment Criteria" (Search).

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 inflates 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" (Search).

 

SRS Air Bag Deployment Criteria

SRS Air Bag Deployment Criteria

This chart indicates the applicable SRS equipment that will deploy depending on the type of collision.

(The illustrations are the representative cases of collisions.)

SRS equipment

Types of collision

A severe frontal/near frontal collision

A severe side collision

A rear collision

Front seat belt pretensioner

X (both sides)

X (impact side only)

No air bag and seat belt pretensioner will be activated in a rear collision.

Second-row outboard seat belt pretensioner

X (both sides)

Driver air bag

X

Front passenger air bag

X

Side air bag

X (impact side only)

Curtain air bag

X (impact side only)

X : The SRS air bag equipment is designed to deploy in a collision.

 

In a frontal offset collision, the equipped air bags and pretensioners may all deploy depending on the direction, angle, and rate of impact.

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