Lexus LX 570 Owner's Manual page 53

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1-1. For safe use
WARNING
Modification and disposal of SRS airbag system components
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Do not dispose of your vehicle or perform any of the following modifications without
consulting your Lexus dealer. The SRS airbags may malfunction or deploy (inflate)
accidentally, causing death or serious injury.
Installation, removal, disassembly and repair of the SRS airbags
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Repairs, modifications, removal or replacement of the steering wheel, instrument
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panel, dashboard, seats, seat upholstery, front, side and rear pillars or roof side rails
Repairs or modifications of the front fender, front bumper, or side of the occupant
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compartment
Installation of a grille guard (bull bars, kangaroo bar, etc.), snow plows, winches or
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roof luggage carrier
Modifications to the vehicle's suspension system
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Installation of electronic devices such as mobile two-way radios (RF-transmitter) and
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CD players
If the SRS airbags deploy (inflate)
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Slight abrasions, burns, bruising etc., may be sustained from SRS airbags, due to the
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extremely high speed deployment (inflation) by hot gases.
A loud noise and white powder will be emitted.
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Parts of the airbag module (steering wheel hub, airbag cover and inflator) as well as the
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front seats, parts of the front, side and rear pillars and roof side rails, may be hot for sev-
eral minutes. The airbag itself may also be hot.
The windshield may crack.
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SRS airbag deployment conditions (SRS front airbags)
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The SRS front airbags will deploy in the event of an impact that exceeds the set thresh-
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old level (the level of force corresponding to an approximately 20 - 30 km/h [12 - 18
mph] frontal collision with a fixed wall that does not move or deform).
However, this threshold velocity will be considerably higher in the following situations:
• If the vehicle strikes an object, such as a parked vehicle or sign pole, which can move
or deform on impact
• If the vehicle is involved in an underride collision, such as a collision in which the
front of the vehicle "underrides", or goes under, the bed of a truck
Depending on the type of collision, it is possible that only the seat belt pretensioners will
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activate.
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