SRS Air Bag Deployment Criteria

This chart indicates the applicable SRS equipment that will deploy depending on the type of collision.

(The illustrations are the representative case of collisions.)

X: The SRS air bag equipment is designed to deploy in a collision.


X: The SRS air bag equipment is designed to deploy in a collision.

*: The front passenger front and side air bags and the seat belt pretensioner are designed to deploy depending on the condition of the total seated weight on the front passenger seat.

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