SRS Air Bags
Side Air Bags
The side air bags are mounted in the outboard sides of the front seatbacks.
When the air bag crash sensors detect a side impact of greater than moderate force, the system inflates the side air bag only on the side in which the vehicle was hit. The side air bag inflates quickly to reduce injury to the driver or front passenger's chest 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
This chart indicates the applicable SRS equipment that will deploy depending on the type of collision.
(The illustrations are the representative cases of collisions.)
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SRS equipment |
Types of collision |
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A severe frontal/near frontal collision |
A severe side collision |
A rear collision |
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Front seat belt pretensioner |
X |
X |
No air bag and seat belt pretensioner will be activated in a rear collision. |
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Second-row outboard seat belt pretensioner |
X |
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Driver air bag |
X |
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Front passenger air bag |
X |
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Side air bag |
X (impact side only) |
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Curtain air bag |
X (impact side only) |
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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.
