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In order to be effective, the SRS
airbags must deploy with tremen-
dous speed. The rapid deployment
of the SRS airbags makes the
SRS airbags themselves potential
sources of serious injury if an oc-
cupant is too close to an airbag,
or if an object or some part of his
or her body has been placed be-
tween the occupant and the airbag
at the time of deployment. This is
just one example of how the in-
structions in Section 2−2 of this
Owner ’s Manual will help ensure
proper use of the occupant re-
straint systems, and increase the
safety they can provide to you
and your family in the event of an
accident.
Toyota recommends you to read
the provisions in Section 2− 2 care-
fully 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 as-
pects of your vehicle. These com-
puters assist in driving and main-
taining optimal vehicle perfor-
mance. Besides storing data useful
for troubleshooting, there is a sys-
tem 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
may record some or all of the fol-
lowing 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
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