Lexus LC500 2017 Owner's Manual page 31

sion.
● Both SRS curtain shield airbags will
deploy in the event of vehicle rollover.
Both SRS curtain shield airbags may also
●
deploy in the event of a severe frontal col-
lision.
Conditions under which the SRS air-
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bags may deploy (inflate), other than a
collision
The SRS front airbags and SRS curtain
shield airbags may also deploy if a serious
impact occurs to the underside of your
vehicle. Some examples are shown in the
illustration.
Hitting a curb, edge of pavement or hard
●
surface
● Falling into or jumping over a deep hole
Landing hard or falling
●
The SRS curtain shield airbags may also
deploy under the situations shown in the
illustration.
● The angle of vehicle tip-up is marginal.
The vehicle skids and hits a curb stone.
●
Types of collisions that may not deploy
■
the SRS airbags (SRS front airbags)
The SRS front airbags do not generally
inflate if the vehicle is involved in a side or
rear collision, if it rolls over, or if it is involved
in a low-speed frontal collision. But, when-
ever a collision of any type causes sufficient
forward deceleration of the vehicle, deploy-
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ment of the SRS front airbags may occur.
● Collision from the side
● Collision from the rear
Vehicle rollover
●
Types of collisions that may not deploy
■
the SRS airbags (SRS side and curtain
shield airbags)
The SRS side and curtain shield airbags
may not activate if the vehicle is subjected
to a collision from the side at certain angles,
or a collision to the side of the vehicle body
other than the passenger compartment.
● Collision from the side to the vehicle
body other than the passenger compart-
ment
Collision from the side at an angle
●
The SRS side airbags do not generally
inflate if the vehicle is involved in a frontal or
rear collision, if it rolls over, or if it is involved
in a low-speed side collision.
Collision from the front
●
Collision from the rear
●
● Vehicle rollover
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