Toyota 2008 Rav4 Owner's Manual page 81

In the following cases, contact your Toyota
dealer as soon as possible:
The SRS front airbags have been in-
D
flated.
The front of the vehicle (shaded in the
D
illustration) was involved in an accident
that was not severe enough to cause
the SRS front airbags to inflate.
The pad section of the steering wheel
D
or dashboard (shaded in the illustra-
tion) is scratched, cracked, or other-
wise damaged.
NOTICE
Do not disconnect the battery cables
before contacting your Toyota dealer.
'08 Rav4_U (L/O 0802)
—SRS side airbags and
curtain shield airbags
The SRS (Supplemental Restraint Sys-
tem) side airbags and curtain shield air-
bags are designed to provide further
protection for the driver, front passen-
ger and rear/second passengers in addi-
tion to the primary safety protection
provided by the seat belts.
In response to a severe side impact, the
SRS side airbag and curtain shield airbags
in the impacted side work with the seat
belts to help reduce injury by inflating.
The SRS side airbags help reduce injuries
mainly to the driver's or front passenger's
chest. The SRS curtain shield airbags
help reduce injuries mainly to the driver's,
front passenger's or rear/second passen-
ger's head and help prevent them from
being thrown out of the vehicle.
The SRS side airbag on the passenger
seat will not activate if there is no pas-
senger sitting in the front passenger seat.
However, the side airbag on the passen-
ger seat may deploy if luggage is put in
the seat, or the seat belt is buckled up
regardless of the presence of the occu-
pant in the seat. (As for the front passen-
ger occupant classification system, see
"—Front passenger occupant classification
system" on page 81 in this Section.)
The SRS curtain shield airbag on the pas-
senger side are activated even with no
passenger in the front seat or rear/second
outside seat.
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