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Essential Safety Equipment
SRS Air Bags
WARNING
Do not allow an occupant in the front passenger's seat to sit with a posture which
makes it dicult for the front passenger occupant classication sensor to detect the
occupant correctly:
Sitting in the front passenger's seat with a posture which makes it dicult for the front
passenger occupant classication sensor to detect the occupant correctly is dangerous.
If the front passenger occupant classication sensor cannot detect the occupant sitting
on the front passenger's seat correctly, the front passenger front and side air bags and
pretensioner system may not operate (deploy) or they may operate (deploy) accidentally.
The front passenger will not have the supplementary protection of the air bags or the
accidental operation (deployment) of the air bags could result in serious injury or death.
Under the following conditions, the front passenger occupant classication sensor
cannot detect a passenger sitting on the front passenger's seat correctly and the
deployment/non-deployment of the air bags cannot be controlled as indicated in the
front passenger air bag deactivation indicator light on/o condition chart. For example:
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A front passenger is seated as shown in the following gure:
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A rear passenger pushes up on the front passenger seat with their feet.
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Luggage or other items placed under the front passenger seat or between the front
passenger seat and driver seat that push up the front passenger seat bottom.
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