Description & Operation: Notes
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WARNING:
Accidental air bag deployment is possible. Personal injury may result. Read and follow all WARNINGS and AIR BAG SAFETY PRECAUTIONS before working on air bag system or related components.
Supplemental Inflatable Restraint (SIR) system is designed to supplement protection provided by driver-side and passenger-side seat belts. A frontal collision of sufficient force will deploy driver-side and passenger-side air bag modules. A side collision of sufficient force will deploy head impact (side curtain) air bag module on side of impact. Steering column and knee bolsters below instrument panel also absorb collision energy.
SIR system consists of Sensing and Diagnostic Module (SDM), driver-side and passenger-side air bag modules, head impact air bag modules, Side Impact Sensors (SIS), SIR coil assembly and AIR BAG warning light.