Toyota Avalon 2005 Operating Manual page 93

'05 AVALON_U (L/O 0501)
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
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 pillars, rear
pillars or roof side rail garnishes (pad-
ding) containing the curtain shield air-
bags inside (shaded in the illustration)
is scratched, cracked, or otherwise
damaged.
NOTICE
Do not disconnect the battery cables
before contacting your Toyota dealer.
—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 96 and based
on these conditions activates or deacti-
vates front passenger airbags. The sys-
tem monitors the weight and load on
the front passenger seat, and the seat
curtain
belt buckle switch to determine condi-
tions 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.
2005 AVALON from Jan. '05 Prod. (OM41408U)
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