How Your Side Airbags Work - Honda Civic Coupe 2004 Owner's Manual

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Additional Information About Your Airbags
To ensure that the passenger's
advanced front airbag system will
work properly, do not do anything
that would increase or decrease the
weight on the front passenger's seat.
This includes:
A rear passenger pushing or
pulling on the back of the
passenger's seat.
Moving the front seat forcibly
back against cargo on the seat or
floor behind it.
Hanging heavy items on the front
passenger seat, or placing heavy
items in the seat-back pocket.
Make sure the rear floor mat is
hooked to the floor mat anchor. If
not, the floor mat will prevent the
seat operation and the sensors
may not work properly.
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Driver and Passenger Safety

How Your Side Airbags Work

Only on models equipped with side
airbags
If you ever have a moderate to
severe side impact, the sensors will
detect rapid deceleration and signal
the control unit to instantly inflate
either the driver's or the passenger's
side airbag.
Only one airbag will deploy during a
side impact. If the impact is on the
passenger's side, the passenger's
side airbag will deploy even if there
is no passenger.
The passenger's side airbag has a
cutoff system designed to turn off
the passenger's side airbag if a child's
head is in the airbag's deployment
path (see page ).
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To get the best protection from the
side airbags, front seat occupants
should wear their seat belts and sit
upright and well back in their seats.
If the side airbag off indicator comes
on, have the passenger sit upright.
Once the passenger is out of the
deployment path of the side airbag,
the system will turn the airbag back
on and the indicator will go out.
A front seat passenger should not
use a cushion or other object as a
backrest. It may prevent the cutoff
system from working properly.