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Important information about your Toyota
Occupant restraint systems
Toyota encourages  you and your family  to take the time
to read Section 1−3 of this Owner’s Manual  carefully. In
terms of helping you understand how you can receive
the maximum benefit of  the occupant  restraint systems
this vehicle provides, Section 1 −3 of this Owner’s Manu-
al is the most important section for you and your family
to read.
Section 1 −3 describes the function and operation con-
cerning seats, seat belts, SRS airbags and child re-
straint systems of this vehicle and some potential haz-
ards you should be aware of. These systems work to-
gether along with the overall structure of this  vehicle in
order to provide occupant  restraint in  the event  of a
crash. The effect of each system is enhanced when it is
used properly and together with other  systems. No
single occupant restraint system can, by  itself, provide
you or  your family  with the equal level  of restraint
which these systems can provide when used together.
That is why it is important for you and your family to
understand the purpose and proper use of each of these
systems and how they  relate to each other.
The purpose of all occupant restraint  systems is  to help
reduce the possib ility of death or serious injury in the
event of a collision. None of these systems, either indi-
vidually or together, can ensure that there is no injury
in the event of  collision. However,  the more you know
about these systems and how to use them properly, the
greater your chances become of surviving an accident
without death or serious injury.
Seat belts provide the primary restraint to all occupants
of the vehicle, and every occupant of the vehicle should
wear seat belts properly at all times. Children should
always be secured in child restraint systems that are
appropriate for their age and size. SRS (Supplemental
Restraint System) airbags are, as their names imply,
designed to work with, and be supplemental  to, seat
belts and are not  substitutes  for  them. SRS airbags  can
be very effective in reducing the risk of head and chest
injuries by preventing contact of the head and chest
with interior portions of the vehicle. 
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In order to be effective, the SRS airbags must deploy
with tremendous speed. The rapid deployment of the
SRS airbags makes the SRS airbags  themselves poten-
tial sources of serious injury if an occupant is too close
to an airbag, or  if an object or  some part of his or her
body has been placed between the occupant and the
airbag at the time of deployment. This  is  just  one exam-
ple of how the instructions in Section 1−3 of this Own-
er ’s  Manual  will help ensure proper  use of  the occupant
restraint systems, and increase the safety they can pro-
vide to you and your family in the event of an accident.
Toyota recommends you to read the provisions in Sec-
tion 1 −3 carefully and refer to them as needed during
your time of ownership of this  vehicle.Event data recorder
Your vehicle has computers that monitor and control
certain aspects of your vehicle. These computers assist
in driving and maintaining optimal  vehicle performance.
Besides storing data useful  for troubleshooting,  there is
a system to record data in a crash or a near  car crash
event. This is called an Event Data Recorder (EDR).
The SRS airbag sensor assembly  contains the EDR. In
a crash or a near car crash event, this device records
some or all of the following information:
 Engine speed
 Whether the brake pedal was applied or not
 Vehicle speed
 To what extent the accelerator pedal was depressed
 Position of the transmission selector lever
 Whether the driver and front passenger wore the
seat belts or not
 Driver ’s seat position
 Front passenger ’s occupant classification