Supplementary Restraint System (SRS) Precautions
The front and side supplementary restraint systems (SRS) include different types of air bags.
Please verify which kinds of air bags are equipped on your vehicle by locating the “SRS AIRBAG” location indicators.
These indicators are visible in the area where the air bags are installed.
The air bags are installed in the following locations:
* The steering wheel hub (driver air bag)
* The front passenger instrument panel (front passenger air bag)
* The outboard sides of the front seatbacks (side air bags)
* The front and rear window pillars, and the roof edge along both sides (curtain air bags) #
The air bag supplementary restraint systems are designed to provide supplementary protection
in certain situations so seat belts are always important in the following ways:
Without seat belt usage, the air bags cannot provide adequate protection during an accident.
Seat belt usage is necessary to:
* Keep the occupant from being thrown into an in inflating air bag.
* Reduce the possibility of injuries during an accident that is not designed for air bag inflation,
such as roll-over or rear impact.
* Reduce the possibility of injuries in frontal, near frontal or side collisions that are not severe
enough to activate the air bags.
* Reduce the possibility of being thrown from your vehicle.
* Reduce the possibility of injuries to lower body and legs during an accident because the
air bags provide no protection to these parts of the body.
* Hold the driver in a position which allows better control of the vehicle.
A child who is too small to use a seat belt
must be properly secured using a child-restraint system (page 2-21).
Carefully consider which child-restraint system is necessary for your child and follow the installation directions in this Owner's Manual as well as the child-restraint system manufacturer's instructions.
