2020 TOYOTA YARIS HATCHBACK Owners Manual (in English)

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Essential Safety Equipment
Supplemental Restraint System Compo-
nents
Side and curtain inflators and air bags
Side crash sensors
Driver/Front passenger inflators and air bags
Air bag/seat belt pretensi oner system warning light ( P. 173)
Roll-over sensor, crash sensors, and diagnostic module (SAS uni t)
Front passenger air bag deac tivation indicator light (P. 8 3 )
Front air bag sensors
Seat belt pretensioners ( P. 3 9 )
Front passenger occupant c lassification sensor (P. 8 2 )
Front passenger occupant classification module1
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How the SRS Air Bags Work
◆Front Seat Belt Pretensioners
The front seat belt pretensioners are designed to deploy in moder-
ate or severe frontal, near frontal collisions.
In addition, the pretensioners o perate when a side collision or a roll-
over accident is detected. The p retensioners operate differently
depending on what types of air bags are equipped. For more deta ils
about the seat belt pretensioner operation, refer to the SRS Ai r Bag
Deployment Criteria ( P. 7 8 ) .
◆Driver Air Bag
The driver’s air bag is mounted in the steering wheel.
When air bag crash sensors
detect a frontal impact of
greater than moderate force,
the driver’s air bag inflates
quickly helping to reduce injury
mainly to the driver’s head or
chest caused by directly hitting
the steering wheel.
For more details about air bag deployment, refer to “SRS Air Ba g
Deployment Criteria” ( P. 7 8 ) .
The driver’s dual-stage air bag controls air bag inflation in t wo
energy stages. During an impact of moderate severity, the driver’s
air bag deploys with lesser energy, whereas during more severe
impacts, it deploys with more energy.
Your Toyota is equipped with the following types of SRS air
bags. SRS air bags are designed to work together with the seat
belts to help to reduce injuries during an accident. The SRS ai r
bags are designed to provide further protection for passengers
in addition to the seat belt functions. Be sure to wear seat be lts
properly.

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◆Front Passenger Air Bag
The front passenger air bag is mounted in the front passenger
dashboard.
The inflation mechanism for the
front passenger air bag is the
same as the driver’s air bag, as
mentioned above.
For more details about air bag
deployment, refer to “SRS Air
Bag Deployment Criteria”
(  P. 78).
In addition, the front passenger air bag is designed to only de ploy in
accordance with the total seated weight on the front passenger
seat. For details, refer to the front passenger occupant classi fica-
tion system ( P. 8 2 ) .
◆Side Air Bags
The side air bags are mounted in the outboard sides of the fron t
seatbacks.
When the air bag crash sensors
detect a side impact of greater
than moderate force, the sys-
tem inflates the side air bag
only on the side in which the
vehicle was hit. The side air
bag inflates quickly to reduce
injury to the driver or front pas-
senger’s chest caused by
directly hitting interior parts
such as a door or window.
For more details about air bag deployment, refer to “SRS Air Ba g
Deployment Criteria” ( P. 7 8 ) .
In addition, the front passenger side air bag is designed to on ly
deploy when the front passenger occupant classification sensor
detects a passenger sitting on the front passenger’s seat. For
details, refer to the front pas senger occupant classification s ystem
(  P. 82).

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◆Curtain Air Bags
The curtain air bags are mounted in the front and rear window pil-
lars, and the roof edge along both sides.
When the air bag crash sensors detect a side impact of greater
than moderate force, the curtain air bag inflates quickly and h elps to
reduce injury mainly to the rear outboard passenger’s head caus ed
by directly hitting interior p arts such as a door or window.
For more details about air bag deployment, refer to “SRS Air Ba g
Deployment Criteria” ( P. 7 8 ) .
In a side impact
Greater than moderate impact to one side of the vehicle will ca use
the curtain air bag on that side only to inflate.
Only one side curtain air bag
will deploy on the side of the
vehicle that receives the force
of an impact.
In a roll-over
In response to a vehicle roll-over , both curtain air bags inflate.
Both curtain air bags will deploy
after the roll-over accident is
detected.

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◆Warning Light/Beep
A system malfunction or operation conditions are indicated by a
warning.
Refer to Warning/Indi cator Lights on P. 173.
Refer to Warning Sound i s Activated on P. 502.

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SRS Air Bag Deployment Criteria
This chart indicates the applicable SRS equipment that will dep loy
depending on the type of collision.
(The illustrations are the repres entative cases of collisions.)
SRS
equipment
Types of collision
A severe frontal/near
frontal collisionA severe
side colli- sion
*2
A roll-over/near roll- over
*3
A rear colli-
sion
Front seat belt pre-
tensioner
X*1X*1X*1
No air bag and front seat belt
preten-
sioner will
be activated
in a rear
collision.Driver air bagX
Front pas-senger air bag
X*1
Side air bagX*1 (impact
side only)
Curtain air bagX (impact
side only)X (both sides)

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X: The SRS air bag equipment is designed to deploy in a collision.
*1:The front passenger front and side air bags and the seat belt pretensioner
are designed to deploy when the front passenger occupant classi fication
sensor detects a passenger sitting on the front passenger’s sea t.
*2:In a side collision, the seat belt pretensioners and the side/curtain air bags
deploy.
*3:In a roll-over accident, the seat belt pretensioners and the cu rtain air bags
deploy.
In a frontal offset collision, the equipped air bags and preten sioners may all
deploy depending on the direction, angle, and rate of impact.

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Limitations to SRS Air Bag
The following illustrations are examples of front/near front collisions
that may not be detected as severe enough to deploy the SRS air bag
equipment.
Impacts involvi ng trees or poles
Frontal offset impact to the vehicle
Rear-ending or running under a
truck’s tail gate
In severe collisions such as those described previously in “SRS
Air Bag Deployment Criteria”, th e applicable SRS air bag equip-
ment will deploy. However, in some accidents, the equipment
may not deploy depending on the t ype of collision and its sever -
ity.
Limitations to front/near fr ont collision detection
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