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General System Description

The supplement restraint system (SRS AIRBAG) is designed to supplement the seat belt to help reduce the risk or severity of injury to the driver and passenger by activating and deploying the driver and passenger side airbag in certain frontal or side collisions.

The SRSCM types equipped with this model have two, SRE-HMC and HAE-2.
HAE-2 is only applied for DAB + 2BPT (Belt PreTensioner) and SRE-HMC is applied for DAB + PAB, DAB + PAB + 2BPT, DAB + PAB + 2FSAB (Front Side Airbag), DAB + PAB + 2BPT + 2FSAB.

The SRS (Airbag) consists of : a driver side airbag module located in the center of the steering wheel, which contains the folded cushion and an inflator unit; a passenger side airbag module located in the passenger side crash pad contains the folded cushion assembled with inflator unit; Side airbag modules located in the driver and passenger seat contain the folded cushion and an inflator unit.

SRSCM located on the floor under the heater core which monitors the system, an accelerometer which senses the vehicle deceleration, a spring interconnection (clock spring) located within the steering column; system wiring and wiring connector; and a knee bolster located under the steering column. The impact sensing function of the SRSCM is carried out by electronic accelerometer that continuously measure the vehicle's acceleration and delivers a corresponding signal through amplifying and filtering circuitry to the microprocessor.

Deployment of the airbag is designed to occur in frontal or near-frontal or side impacts of moderate of severe force.
Only authorized service personnel should do work on or around the SRS components. 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 render the SRS inoperative).