Front Passenger Airbag - Toyota RAV4 EE Owner's Manual

SRS driver airbag, driver
knee 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 with the seat
belts to help reduce injury by inflating.
The SRS airbags help reduce injuries
mainly to the driver's or front passenger's
head, chest or driver's knee caused by
hitting the vehicle interior.
The front passenger airbag is activated
even with no passenger in the front seat.
Always wear your seat belt properly.
The front passenger airbag and SRS side
airbag on passenger seat can be disabled
only when installing a rear−facing child
restraint system on the front passenger
seat.
See "Passenger airbag manual on−off
switch" on page 134 in this Section for
detail.
RAV4_EE
OCCUPANT RESTRAINT SYSTEMS
CAUTION
The SRS front airbag system is de-
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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 must
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
instructions and precautions con-
cerning the seat belt system, see
"Seat belts" on page 99 in this
Section.
Improperly seated and/or restrained
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infants and children can be killed
or seriously injured by the deploy-
ing airbags. An infant or child who
is too small to use a seat belt
should be properly secured using a
child restraint
strongly recommends that all in-
fants and children be placed in the
rear seat of the vehicle and proper-
ly restrained. The rear seat is the
safest for infants and children. For
instructions concerning the installa-
tion of a child restraint system, see
"Child restraint" on page 137 in
this Section.
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system. Toyota
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