General

GENERAL

The Supplemental Restraint System (SRS AIRBAG) is designed to supplement the seat belts to help reduce the risk or severity of injury to the driver and passenger by activating and deploying the driver, passenger and side airbag as well as the belt pretensioner in certain frontal or side collisions.

The SRS (Airbag) consists of: a driver airbag module located in the center of the steering wheel, which contains a folded cushion and an inflator unit; a passenger airbag module located in the passenger side crash pad which contains a folded cushion together with an inflator unit side airbag modules located in the driver and passenger seat which contain folded cushions and inflator units; SRSCM located on the floor center console core which monitors the system,; an accelerometer which senses vehicle deceleration,; a spring interconnection (clock spring) located within the steering column; system wiring and wiring connectors; and a knee bolster located under the steering column. The impact sensing function of the SRSCM is carried out by the electronic accelerometer that continuously measures the vehicle's acceleration and delivers a corresponding signal through an amplifying and filtering circuit to the microprocessor. Deployment of the airbag is designed to occur in frontal or near-frontal side impacts of moderate to severe force.

Only authorized service personnel should work on or around SRS components. Those service personnel should read this manual carefully before doing any such work. Extreme care must be used when servicing the SRS to avoid injury to the service personnel (by inadvertent deployment of the airbag) or the driver (by rendering the SRS inoperative).