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Equipment to Protect Occupants/Pedestrians
SRS Air Bags
Rear seat side air bags
The rear seat side air bags are installed
in rear pillars. The rear seat side air
bags on the side where the vehicle is
hit deploy regardless of whether or not
an occupant is seated.
Curtain air bags
The curtain air bags are stored in the
front pillars, side edges of the roof, and
the rear pillars. The curtain air bag on
the side where the vehicle is hit
deploys regardless of whether or not
an occupant is seated.
When the air bag crash sensors detect
a side impact of greater than moderate
force, the curtain air bag inflates
quickly and helps to reduce injury
mainly to the driver and front and rear
outboard passengers' heads caused by
directly hitting interior parts such as a
door or window.
In a side impact:
Greater than moderate impact to one
side of the vehicle will cause the
curtain air bag on that side only to
inflate.
3-6
*Some models.
*
(With Driver and Front Passenger
Occupant Classification System)
In a roll-over:
In response to a vehicle roll-over, both
curtain air bags inflate.
Both curtain air bags will deploy after
the roll-over accident is detected.
Constant Monitoring
The following components of the air
bag systems are monitored by a
diagnostic system:
Front air bag sensors
Crash sensors, and diagnostic
module (SAS unit)
Side crash sensors
Air bag modules
Seat belt pretensioners
Air bag/Seat belt pretensioner
system warning light
Related wiring
(With Driver and Front Passenger
Occupant Classification System)
Driver seat slide position sensor
Front passenger occupant
classification sensor
Front passenger occupant
classification module
Front passenger air bag deactivation
indicator light
Front passenger seat belt buckle
switch
The diagnostic module continuously
monitors the system's readiness. This
begins when the vehicle power is
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