Side Curtain Airbags; Important Facts About Your Airbags; When Side Curtain Airbags Deploy In A Frontal Collision - Honda ODYSSEY 2020 Owner's Manual

SAFETY INFORMATION
When the sensors detect a moderate-to-severe side impact, the control unit
signals the side airbag on the impact side to immediately inflate.
Do not attach accessories on or near the side airbags. They can interfere
with the proper operation of the airbags or hurt someone if an airbag
inflates.
Do not cover or replace the front seat-back covers without consulting a
dealer. This can prevent your side airbags from properly deploying during a
side impact.

Side Curtain Airbags

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Side curtain airbags help protect the heads of the driver and passengers in
outer seating positions during a moderate-to-severe side impact. The side
curtain airbags equipped in this vehicle are also designed to help reduce
the likelihood of partial and complete ejection of vehicle occupants through
side windows in crashes, particularly rollover crashes.
The side curtain airbags are located in the ceiling above the side windows
on both sides of the vehicle.
The side curtain airbags are designed to deploy in a rollover or moderate-
to-severe side impact.
If the SRS control unit senses that your vehicle is about to roll over, it
immediately deploys both side curtain airbags and activates both front seat
belt tensioners.
If the impact is on the passenger's side, the passenger's side curtain airbag
deploys even if there are no occupants on that side of the vehicle.
To get the best protection from the side curtain airbags, occupants should
wear their seat belts properly and sit upright and well back in their seats.

When side curtain airbags deploy in a frontal collision

One or both side curtain airbags may inflate in a moderate-to-severe angled
frontal collision.
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Important Facts About Your Airbags

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Airbags can pose serious hazards. To do their job, airbags must inflate with
tremendous force. So, while airbags help save lives, they can cause burns,
bruises, and other minor injuries, sometimes even fatal ones if occupants
are not wearing their seat belts properly and sitting correctly.
What you should do: Always wear your seat belt properly, and sit upright
and as far back from the steering wheel as possible while allowing full
control of the vehicle. A front passenger should move their seat as far back
from the dashboard as possible.
Remember, however, that no safety system can prevent all injuries or deaths
that can occur in a severe crash, even when seat belts are properly worn
and the airbags deploy.
Do not place hard or sharp objects between yourself and a front airbag.
Carrying hard or sharp objects on your lap or driving with a pipe or other
sharp object in your mouth can result in injuries if your front airbag inflates.
Do not attach or place objects on the front and driver's knee airbag covers.
Objects on the covers marked SRS AIRBAG could interfere with the proper
operation of the airbags or be propelled inside the vehicle and hurt
someone if the airbags inflate.
SAFETY INFORMATION
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