Srs Airbags - Toyota 2004 HIGHLANDER User Manual

SRS airbags—

—SRS driver airbag and front
passenger airbag
The SRS (Supplemental Restraint Sys-
tem) front airbags are designed to pro-
vide further protection for the driver
and front passenger in addition to the
primary safety protection provided by
the seat belts.
In response to a severe frontal impact,
the SRS front airbags work together with
the seat belts to help reduce injury by
inflating. The SRS front airbags help re-
duce injuries mainly to the driver's or front
passenger's head or chest caused by hit-
ting the vehicle interior.
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The front passenger airbag will not acti-
vate if there is no passenger sitting in the
front passenger seat. However, the front
passenger airbag may deploy if luggage is
put in the seat, or the seat belt is buckled
up regardless of the presence of the oc-
cupant in the seat. (As for the front pas-
senger occupant classification system, see
"—Front passenger occupant classification
system" on page 81 in this Section.)
Always wear your seat belt properly.
Your vehicle is equipped with a crash
sensing and diagnostic module, which will
record the use of the seat belt restraint
system by the driver and front passenger
when the SRS front airbags are inflated.
CAUTION
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The SRS front airbag system is de-
signed only as a supplement to the
primary protection of the driver and
front passenger seat belt systems.
The driver and front passenger can
be killed or seriously injured by the
inflating airbags if they do not wear
the available seat belts properly.
During sudden braking just before
a collision, an unrestrained driver
or front passenger can move for-
ward into direct contact with or
close proximity to the airbag which
may then deploy during the colli-
sion. To ensure maximum protection
in an accident, the driver and all
passengers in the vehicle
wear their seat belts properly. Wear-
ing a seat belt properly during an
accident reduces the chances of
death or serious injury or being
thrown out of the vehicle. For in-
structions and precautions concern-
ing the seat belt system, see "Seat
belts" on page 54 in this Section.
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