Seating and safety restraints
Thefactthattheairbagsdidnotinflateinacollisiondoesnotmeanthat
somethingiswrongwiththesystem.Rather,itmeanstheforceswere
notofthetypesufficienttocauseactivation.Sideairbagsaredesigned
toinflateinside-impactcollisions,notroll-over,rear-impact,frontalor
near-frontalcollisions,unlessthecollisioncausessufficientlateral
deceleration.
Severalairbagsystem
componentsgethotafter
inflation.Donottouchthemafter
inflation.
Ifthesideairbaghas
deployed, the air ba g will
not funct ion again. The side
air ba g syst em (inclu din g the
se at) mu st be inspe ct ed and
se rvice d by a qu alifie d
techn icia n in accor da nce wit h
the vehicle se rvice ma nual. .If
theairbagisnotreplaced,the
unrepairedareawillincreasethe
riskofinjuryinacollision.
Determining if the system is operational
TheSRSusesareadinesslightintheinstrumentclusteroratoneto
indicatetheconditionofthesystem.Refertothe Air bag readin ess
sectioninthe Instr umen tation chapter.Routinemaintenanceoftheair
bagisnotrequired.
Adifficultywiththesystemisindicatedbyoneormoreofthefollowing:
•
•
Thereadinesslightwilleitherflashorstaylit.
Thereadinesslightwillnotilluminateimmediatelyafterignitionis
turnedon.
Ifeitheroftheseindicationsoccur,evenintermittently,havetheSRS
servicedatyourdealershiporbyaqualifiedtechnicianimmediately.
Unlessserviced,thesystemmaynotfunctionproperlyintheeventofa
collision.
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