Front Passenger Occupant Classification System - Toyota Prius 2007 Owner's Manual

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In the following cases, contact your Toyota
dealer as soon as possible:
"
Any of the SRS side airbags and cur-
tain shield airbags have been inflated.
"
The portion of the doors (shaded in the
illustration) were involved in an acci-
dent that was not severe enough to
cause the SRS side airbags and cur-
tain shield airbags to inflate.
"
The surface of the seats with the side
airbag (shaded in the illustration) is
scratched, cracked, or otherwise dam-
aged.
"
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 12 volt 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. through 4. in the table on page 84
and based on these conditions activates
or deactivates the following systems;
"
Front passenger airbag
"
Side airbag on the front passenger
seat
"
Front passenger's seat belt pretension-
er
The system monitors the weight and
load on the front passenger seat, and
the seat belt buckle switch to determine
conditions 1. through 4.
In order for the system to detect the
conditions correctly, do not do any of
the following:
"
Apply a heavy load to the front pas-
senger seat.
"
Attach a commercial seatback table,
etc. to the front passenger seat seat-
back.
"
Put weight on the front passenger seat
by putting your hands or feet on the
seatback from the rear passenger seat.
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