Seating and Safety Restraints
internalinjuries,particularlytooccupantswhoarenotproperly
restrainedorareotherwiseoutofpositionatthetimeofairbag
deployment.Thus,itisextremelyimportantthatoccupantsbeproperly
restrainedasfarawayfromtheairbagmoduleaspossiblewhile
maintainingvehiclecontrol.
Severalairbagsystemcomponentsgethotafterinflation.Donot
touchthemafterinflation.
Iftheairbaghasdeployed,theairbagwillnotfunction
againandmustbereplacedimmediately.Iftheairbagisnot
replaced,theunrepairedareawillincreasetheriskofinjuryina
collision.
TheSRSconsistsof:
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driverandpassengerairbagmodules(whichincludetheinflatorsand
airbags),
oneormoreimpactandsafingsensors,passengerairbagdeactivation
switchanddiagnosticmonitor(RCM)
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areadinesslightandtone,
andtheelectricalwiringwhichconnectsthecomponents.
TheRCM(restraintscontrolmodule)monitorsitsowninternalcircuits
andthesupplementalairbagelectricalsystemwarning(includingthe
passengerairbagdeactivationswitch,theimpactsensors,thesystem
wiring,theairbagsystemreadinesslight,theairbagbackuppowerand
theairbagignitors).
Determining if the system is operational
TheSRSusesreadinesslightsintheinstrumentclusterandthe
passengerairbagdeactivateswitchoratonetoindicatetheconditionof
thesystem.RefertotheAirbagreadinesssectionintheInstrument
clusterchapterorPassengerairbagon/offswitchsectioninthis
chapter.Routinemaintenanceoftheairbagisnotrequired.
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| Model Year | 2003 |
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