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■SRS airbag system components
Front impact sensor (left-hand side)
Front impact sensor (right-hand side)
SRS warning light
Frontal airbag module (driver’s side)
Airbag control module (including impact sensor)
Front passenger’s frontal airbag ON and OFF indicator
Frontal airbag module (front passenger’s side)
Seatbelt buckle switch (front passenger’s side)
Curtain shield airbag module (right-hand side)
Side impact sensor (door right-hand side)
Side airbag module (front passenger’s side)
Seatbelt pretensioner and adaptive fo rce limiter (front passenger’s side)
Side impact sens or (center pillar right-hand side)
Airbag wiring
Side impact sensor (rear wheel house right-hand side)
Front passenger’s occupant detection system sensor
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Side impact sensor (rear wheel house left-hand side)
Side airbag module (driver’s side)
Side impact sensor (cen ter pillar left-hand side)
Seatbelt pretensioner (driver’s side)
Side impact sensor (door left-hand side)
Knee airbag module (driver’s side)
Curtain shield airbag module (left-hand side)
■If the SRS airbag deploys
If the SRS airbag deploys, the fuel sup-
ply will be cut off to reduce the risk of fire caused by leaking fuel. For details about
restarting of the engine, refer to P.335.
■SRS Airbag System Servicing
In the following cases, we recommend that you contact your Toyota dealer as
soon as possible.
●The front part of the vehicle was
involved in an accident in which the
SRS frontal airbags did not deploy.
●The pad of the steering wheel, the
cover over the front passenger’s fron- tal airbag, or either roof side (from the
front pillar to a point over the rear
seat) is scratched, cracked, or other- wise damaged.
●The center pillar, rear wheel house or rear sub frame, or an area near these
parts, was involved in an accident in
which the SRS side airbag and SRS curtain shield airbag did not deploy.
●The fabric or leather of either front seatback is cut, frayed, or otherwise
damaged.
●The rear part of the vehicle was
involved in an accident.
■When you sell your vehicle
When you sell your vehicle, we urge you to inform the buyer that the vehicle is
equipped with SRS airbags. Also, notify
the buyer of the applicable section in this Owner’s Manual.
WA R N I N G
■General Precautions regarding
SRS Airbag System
●To obtain maximum protection in
the event of an accident, the driver
and all passengers must always wear seatbelts when in the vehicle.
The SRS airbags are designed only
to be a supplement to the primary protection provided by the seatbelt.
They do not eliminate the need to
fasten seatbelts. In combination with the seatbelts, they offer the
best combined protection in case of
a serious accident.
Not wearing a seatbelt increases the
chance of severe injury or death in a
crash even when the vehicle has the SRS airbags.
For instructions and precautions con-
cerning the seatbelt system, refer to
P.29.
●The SRS side airbag and SRS cur-
tain shield airbag are designed only to be a supplement to the primary
protection provided by the seatbelt.
They do not eliminate the need to fasten seatbelts. It is also important
to wear your seatbelt to help avoid
injuries that can result when an occupant is not seated in a proper
upright position.
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• Put his/her head, arms or other
parts of the body out of the window
In the event of an accident, the force
of SRS side airbag and/or SRS cur-
tain shield airbag deployment could injure the child seriously because
his/her head, arms or other parts of
the body are too close to the SRS side airbag and/or SRS curtain shield
airbag.
●Since your vehicle is also equipped
with a front passenger’s SRS fron-
tal airbag, children aged 12 and under or 1.5 m (4 feet 11 inches) tall
or less should be placed in the rear
seat and should be properly restrained at all times.
■SRS Airbag System Servicing
The SRS airbag has no userservicea-
ble parts. Do not use electrical test
equipment on any circuit related to the SRS airbag system. For required
servicing of the SRS airbag, we rec-
ommend that you consult your near- est Toyota dealer. Tampering with or
disconnecting the system’s wiring
could result in accidental inflation of the SRS airbag or could make the
system inoperative, which may result
in serious injury.
■Precautions against Vehicle Modification
To avoid accidental activation of the
system or rendering the system inop- erative, which may result in serious
injury, no modifications should be
made to any components or wiring of the SRS airbag system.
This includes the following modifica-
tions.
●Installation of custom steering
wheels
●Attachment of additional trim mate-
rials to the dashboard
●Installation of custom seats
●Replacement of seat fabric or
leather
●Installation of additional fabric or
leather on the front seat
●Attachment of a hands-free micro-
phone or any other accessory to a
front pillar, a center pillar, a rear pil- lar, the windshield, a side window,
an assist grip, or any other cabin
surface that would be near a deploying SRS curtain shield
airbag.
●Installation of additional electri-
cal/electronic equipment such as a
mobile two-way radio on or near the SRS airbag system components
and/or wiring is not advisable. This
could interfere with proper opera- tion of the SRS airbag system.
●Modifications on or inside the front door panels for the purpose of a
speaker replacement or sound
insulation.
• The impact sensors, which detect
the pressure of an impact, are
located in the doors.
●Do not perform any of the following
modifications. Such modifications can interfere with proper operation
of the SRS airbag system.
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For the locations of the SRS
airbags, refer to P.32.
In a moderate to severe frontal col-
lision, the following components
deploy.
SRS frontal airbag for driver
SRS frontal airbag for front pas-
senger
SRS curtain shield airbag*
SRS knee airbag for driver
*: When an offset frontal collision that is
severe enough to deploy the front
airbag occurs.
These components supplement the
seatbelts by reducin g the impact to
the occupant’s head, chest and
knees.
WA R N I N G
• Attachment of any equipment (bush
bar, bullbar, winches, snow plow,
skid/sump plate, etc.) to the front end other than genuine Toyota
accessory parts or parts that match
the quality of genuine Toyota accessory parts.
• Modification of the suspension sys-
tem or front end structure.
• Installation of a tire of different size
and construction from the tires specified on the vehicle placard
attached to the driver’s door pillar or
specified for individual vehicle mod- els in this Owner’s Manual.
• Attachment of any equipment (side steps or side sill protectors, etc.)
other than genuine Toyota acces-
sory parts to the side body.
We recommend that you always con-
sult your Toyota dealer if you want to install any accessory parts on your
vehicle.
NOTICE
■SRS Airbag System Servicing
●When discarding an airbag module or scrapping the entire vehicle dam-
aged by a collision, we recommend
that you consult your Toyota dealer.
●If you need service or repair in
areas indicated in the following list, we recommend that you have the
work performed by an authorized
Toyota dealer. The SRS airbag con- trol module, impact sensors and
airbag modules are stored in the
following areas.
• Under the center of the instrument
panel
• On both the right and left sides at
the front of the vehicle
• Steering wheel and column and nearby areas
• Bottom of the steering column and nearby areas
• Top of the dashboard on front pas- senger’s side and nearby areas
• Each front seat and nearby area
• Inside each center pillar
• Inside each door
• In each roof side (from the front pil- lar to a point over the rear seat)
• Between the rear seat cushion and rear wheel house on each side
In the event that the SRS airbag sys- tem is deployed, we recommend that
you have the system replaced with
genuine Toyota parts at an authorized Toyota dealer.
SRS airbag
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In a moderate to severe side impact
collision, the SRS side airbag on
the impacted side of the vehicle
deploys between the occupant and
the door panel and supplements
the seatbelt by reducing the impact
to the occupant’s chest and waist.
The SRS side airbag operates only
for front seat occupants.
In a moderate to severe side impact
collision, the SRS curtain shield
airbag on the impacted side of the
vehicle deploys between the occu-
pant and the side window and sup-
plements the seatbelt by reducing
the impact to the occupant’s head.
■Occupant detection system
The occupant detection system
sensors are installed between the
seat and seat rails, and monitors
the physique and posture of the
front passenger. The occupant
detection system determines
whether the front passenger’s SRS
frontal airbag should be deployed
or not from the physique and pos-
ture of the front passenger.
Occupant detection sensors
The occupant detection system
may not inflate the front passen-
ger’s SRS frontal airbag even when
the driver’s SRS frontal airbag
deploys. This is normal.
■Passenger’s frontal airbag ON
and OFF indicators
Refer to P.85.
Front passenger’s frontal airbag
OFF indicator
Front passenger’s frontal airbag
ON indicator
■Operation
Driver’s side
SRS AIRBAG deploy as soon as
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After deployment, SRS AIR-
BAG start to deflate immediately
so that the driver’s vision is not
obstructed.
Passenger’s side
SRS AIRBAG deploy as soon as
a collision occurs.
After deployment, SRS AIR-
BAG start to deflate immediately
so that the driver’s vision is not
obstructed.
If the front sub sensors located on
both the right and left sides at the
front of the vehicle and the impact
sensors in the airbag control mod-
ule detect a certain predetermined
amount of force during a frontal col-
lision, the control module sends
signals to the frontal airbag mod-
ules instructing them to inflate the
SRS frontal airbags. Then both
airbag modules produce gas, which
instantly inflates driver’s and pas-
senger’s SRS frontal airbags. The
SRS knee airbag is also inflated in
combination with the SRS frontal
airbags.
After deployment, the SRS airbags
immediately start to deflate so that
the driver’s vision is not obstructed
and the driver’s ability to maintain
control of the vehicle is not inter-
fered with. The time required from
detecting impact to the deflation of
the SRS airbag after deployment is
shorter than the blink of an eye.
If the vehicle is equipped with the
occupant detection system for the
front passenger’s seat, the SRS
system detects whether the front
passenger’s seat is occupied by a
passenger or not. If the seat is not
occupied, the system does not
inflate the front passenger’s SRS
airbag.
The SRS frontal airbag (and also
the knee airbag) is designed to
deploy in the event of an accident
involving a moderate to severe
frontal collision. It is not designed to
deploy in most lesser frontal
impacts because the necessary
protection can be achieved by the
seatbelt alone. Also, it is not
designed to deploy in most side or
rear impacts or in most roll-over
accidents because deployment of
the SRS frontal airbag would not
help the occupant in those situa-
tions.
The SRS airbag is designed to
function on a one-time-only basis.
SRS airbag deployment depends
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The driver’s and front passenger’s
SRS side airbags and SRS curtain
shield airbags deploy inde-
pendently of each other since each
has its own impact sensor. There
fore, they may not both deploy in
the same accident. Also, the SRS
side airbag and SRS curtain shield
airbag deploy independently of the
driver’s and front passenger’s SRS
frontal airbags in the steering wheel
and instrument panel.
An impact sensor, which senses
impact force, is located in each of
the following locations.
In the left and right center pillars
In the left and right rear wheel
houses
In the left and right doors
In the airbag control module
After the deployment, the SRS side
airbag immediately starts to deflate.
The time required from detection of
an impact to deflation of an SRS
side airbag after deployment is
shorter than the blink of an eye.
The SRS curtain shield airbag
remains inflated for a while follow-
ing deployment then slowly
deflates.
The SRS side airbag and SRS cur-
tain shield airbag deploy even
when no one occupies the seat on
the side on which an impact is
applied.
The SRS side airbag and SRS cur-
tain shield airbag are designed to
deploy in the event of an accident
involving a moderate to severe side
impact collision. They are not
designed to deploy in most lesser
side impacts. Also, they are not
designed to deploy in most frontal
or most rear impacts because SRS
side airbag and SRS curtain shield
airbag deployment would not help
the occupant in those situations.
Each SRS side airbag and SRS
curtain shield airbag are designed
to function on a onetime- only
basis.
SRS side airbag and SRS curtain
shield airbag deployment depend
on the level of force experienced in
the passenger compartment during
a side impact collision. That level
differs from one type of collision to
another, and it may have no bear-
NOTICE
●Do not allow the rear seat occupant
to place his/her hands or legs on
the front passenger's seatback, or allow him/her to pull the seatback.
SRS side airbag and SRS
curtain shield airbag
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A diagnostic system continually
monitors the readiness of the SRS
airbag system (including front
seatbelt pretensioners) with the
engine switch is in ON. The SRS
warning light will show normal sys-
tem operation by illuminating for
approximately 6 seconds when the
engine switch is turned to ON.
The following components are
monitored by the indicator:
Front impact sensor
• Right-hand side
• Left-hand side
Airbag control module (including
impact sensor)
Frontal airbag module
• Driver’s side
• Front passenger’s side
Knee airbag module (driver’s
side)
Side impact sensor
• Center pillar right-hand side
• Center pillar left-hand side
• Door right-hand side
• Door left-hand side
• Rear wheel house right-hand side
• Rear wheel house left-hand side
Side airbag module
• Driver’s side
• Front passenger’s side
Front passenger’s occupant
detection system sensors
Seatbelt buckle switch (front pas-
senger’s side)
Curtain shield airbag module
• Right-hand side
• Left-hand side
Seatbelt pretensioner
• Driver’s side
Seatbelt pretensioner and adap-
tive force limiter
• Front passenger’s side
Front passenger’s frontal airbag
ON and OFF indicator
All related wiring
■SRS warning light
We recommend that you have the sys-
tem inspected by your Toyota dealer
immediately if the SRS warning light illu-
minates.
SRS Airbag System Moni-
tors