Toyota 2008 Rav4 Owner's Manual page 82

Roll sensing function:
In response to a vehicle rollover, the cur-
tain shield airbags on both sides work
with the seat belts to help reduce injury
by inflating. The 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 curtain shield airbags may acti-
vate even when the side airbags are not
activated.
Always wear your seat belt properly.
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'08 Rav4_U (L/O 0802)
CAUTION
The SRS side airbag and curtain
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shield airbag system is designed
only as a supplement to the prima-
ry protection of the driver, front
passenger and rear/second outside
passenger seat belt systems. To en-
sure maximum protection in an ac-
cident, the driver and all passen-
gers in the vehicle must wear their
seat belts properly. Wearing a seat
belt properly during an accident re-
duces the chances of death or seri-
ous injury or being thrown out of
the vehicle. For instructions and
precautions concerning the
belt system, see "Seat belts" on
page 53 in this Section.
Do not allow anyone to lean his/her
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head or any part of his/her body
against the door or the area of the
seat, front pillar, rear pillar or roof
side rails from which the SRS side
airbag and curtain
deploy even if he/she is a child
seated in the child restraint system.
It is dangerous if the SRS side air-
bag and curtain shield airbag in-
flate, and the impact of the deploy-
ing airbag could cause death or se-
rious injury to the occupant.
seat
2008 RAV4 from Feb. '08 Prod. (OM42726U)
shield airbag