Toyota Rav4 Manual page 81

In the following cases, contact your Toyota
dealer as soon as possible:
D
Any of the SRS side airbags and cur-
tain shield airbags have been inflated.
D
The portion of the doors (shaded in the
illustration) was involved in an accident
that was not severe enough to cause
the SRS side airbags and curtain
shield airbags to inflate.
D
The surface of the seats with the side
airbag (shaded in the illustration) is
scratched, cracked, or otherwise dam-
aged.
D
The portion of the front, center and
roof side garnish containing the curtain
shield airbags inside (shaded in the
illustration) is scratched, cracked, or
otherwise damaged.
NOTICE
Do not disconnect the battery cables
before contacting your Toyota dealer.
'08 Rav4_U (L/O 0802)
—Front passenger occupant
classification system
Your vehicle is equipped with a front
passenger occupant classification sys-
tem. This system detects the conditions
1—4 in the table on page 83 and based
on these conditions activates or deacti-
vates the following systems;
D
Front passenger airbag
D
Side airbag on the front passenger
seat
D
Front passenger's seat belt pretension-
er
The system monitors the weight and
load on the front passenger seat, and
the seat belt buckle switch to determine
conditions 1—4.
In order for the system to detect the
conditions correctly, do not do any of
the following:
D
Apply a heavy load to the front pas-
senger seat or equipment (e.g. seat-
back pocket).
D
Attach a commercial seatback table,
etc. to the front passenger seatback.
D
Put weight on the front passenger seat
by putting your hands or feet on the
seatback from the rear passenger seat.
I n f o r ma t i o n P r o v i d e d b y :
The "AIR BAG ON" and "AIR BAG OFF"
indicator lights indicate the actuation of
the front passenger airbag, side airbag
on the front passenger seat and front
passenger's seat belt pretensioner.
The "AIR BAG OFF" indicator light will be
illuminated when the engine switch is in
the "ON" position with the condition 2 in
the table shown below.
2008 RAV4 from Feb. '08 Prod. (OM42726U)
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