92 Seating and Safety Restraints
Determining if the System is Operational
The SRS uses a readiness indicator light in the instrument
cluster or a chime to indicate the condition of the system.
Refer to “Airbag Readiness” on page 51 for more information.
Routine maintenance of the air bag is not required.
A difficulty with the system is indicated by one or more of the
following:
• The readiness indicator light will either flash or stay lit.
• The readiness indicator light will not illuminate immedi-
ately after ignition is turned on.
• A series of five beeps will be heard. The chime pattern
will repeat periodically until the problem and/or light are
repaired. If any of these things happen, even intermit-
tently, contact your authorized service center as soon as
possible. Unless serviced, the system may not function
properly in the event of a collision.
Disposal of Air Bags and Air Bag Equipped
Vehicles (including pretensioners)
Contact your authorized service center as soon as possible. Air
bags MUST be disposed of by qualified personnel.
EVENT DATA RECORDER
This vehicle is equipped with an event data recorder (EDR).
The main purpose of an EDR is to record, in certain crash or
near crash-like situations, such as an air bag deployment or
hitting a road obstacle, data that will assist in understanding
how a vehicle's systems performed. The EDR is designed to
record data related to vehicle dynamics and safety systems for
a short period of time, typically 30 seconds or less. The EDR
in this vehicle is designed to record such data as:
• How various systems in your vehicle were operating;
• Whether or not the driver and passenger safety belts were
buckled/fastened;
• How far (if at all) the driver was depressing the accelera-
tor and/or brake pedal; and,
• How fast the vehicle was traveling. These data can help
provide a better understanding of the circumstances in
which crashes and injuries occur.
NOTE:
EDR data is recorded by your vehicle only if a non-
trivial crash situation occurs; no data is recorded by the EDR
under normal driving conditions and no personal data (e.g.,
name, gender, age, and crash location) is recorded.
However, other parties, such as law enforcement, could
combine the EDR data with the type of personally identifying
data routinely acquired during a crash investigation. To read
data recorded by an EDR, special equipment is required,
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