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.The
sideairbagsystem(includingthe
seat)mustbeinspectedand
servicedbyanauthorizeddealer.
Iftheairbagisnotreplaced,the
unrepairedareawillincreasethe
riskofinjuryinacollision.
Determiningifthesideairbagsareoperational
Firstdetermineyouhavetheoptionalsideairbags-locatethe“AIRBAGЉ
labelsontheoutboardsidesofthefrontseats.
TheSRSusesareadinesslightintheinstrumentclusteroratoneto
indicatetheconditionofthesystem.RefertotheAirbagreadiness
sectionintheInstrumentclusterchapter.Routinemaintenanceofthe
sideairbagisnotrequired.
Adifficultywiththesystemisindicatedbyoneormoreofthefollowing:
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•
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Thereadinesslight(samelightasforfrontairbagsystem)willeither
flashorstaylit.
Thereadinesslightwillnotilluminateimmediatelyafterignitionis
turnedon.
Aseriesoffivebeepswillbeheard.Thetonepatternwillrepeat
periodicallyuntiltheproblemand/orlightarerepaired.
Ifanyofthesethingshappen,evenintermittently,havetheSRSserviced
atanauthorizeddealerimmediately.Unlessserviced,thesystemmaynot
functionproperlyintheeventofacollision.
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