Seating and Safety Restraints
Thefactthattheairbagsdidnotinflateinacollisiondoesnotmeanthat
somethingiswrongwiththesystem.Rather,itmeanstheforceswere
notofthetypesufficienttocauseactivation.Sideairbagsaredesigned
toinflateinside-impactcollisions,notroll-over,rear-impact,frontalor
near-frontalcollisions,unlessthecollisioncausessufficientlateral
deceleration.
WARNING:Severalairbagsystemcomponentsgethotafter
inflation.Donottouchthemafterinflation.
WARNING:Iftheside
airbaghasdeployed,the
airbagwillnotfunctionagain.
Thesideairbagsystem
(includingtheseat)mustbe
inspectedandservicedbyan
authorizeddealer.Iftheairbag
isnotreplaced,theunrepaired
areawillincreasetheriskofinjury
inacollision.
Determiningifthesystemisoperational
TheSRSusesareadinesslightintheinstrumentclusteroratoneto
indicatetheconditionofthesystem.RefertoAirbagreadinessinthe
InstrumentClusterchapter.Routinemaintenanceofthesideairbagis
notrequired.
Adifficultywiththesystemisindicatedbyoneormoreofthefollowing:
•
•
•
Thereadinesslight(samelightasforfrontairbagsystem)willeither
flashorstaylit.
Thereadinesslightwillnotilluminateimmediatelyafterignitionis
turnedon.
Aseriesoffivebeepswillbeheard.Thetonepatternwillrepeat
periodicallyuntiltheproblemand/orlightarerepaired.
Ifanyofthesethingshappen,evenintermittently,havetheSRSserviced
atyourauthorizeddealerimmediately.Unlessserviced,thesystemmay
notfunctionproperlyintheeventofacollision.
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