2006 Toyota Tacoma Owners Manual - Page 55

06 04.25 SRS driver airbag and front passenger airbag (regular and access cab models) Vehicles with bench seat-The SRS airbags are designed to protect the driver and right front passenger, and they are not designed to protect an occupant in the front center seating position. LS13106 LS13117 In response to a severe frontal impact, the SRS front airbags work with the seat belts to help reduce injury by inflating. The SRS front airbags help reduce injuries mainly to the driver's or front passenger's head or chest caused by hitting the vehicle interior. The SRS front passenger airbag will not activate if there is no passenger sitting in the right front passenger seat (bench seat) or front passenger seat (separate seats). However, the front passenger airbag may deploy if luggage is put in the seat. (As for the front passenger occupant classification system, see "Front passenger occupant classification system" on page 80 in this Section.) Always wear your seat belt properly. In the following cases, contact your Toyota dealer as soon as possible: D The front of the vehicle (shaded in the illustration) was involved in an accident that was not severe enough to cause the seat belt pretensioners to operate. D Either seat belt pretensioner assembly or surrounding area is scratched, cracked, or otherwise damaged. The SRS (Supplemental Restraint System) front airbags are designed to provide further protection for the driver and right front passenger (bench seat) or front passenger (separate seats) in addition to the primary safety protection provided by the seat belts. Your vehicle is equipped with "ADVANCED AIRBAGS" designed based on US motor vehicle safety standards (FMVSS208). The airbag system controls airbag deployment power for the driver and front passenger. The driver airbag system consists of the driver seat's position sensor etc. The front passenger's airbag system consists of the front passenger occupant classification sensor etc. 2006 TACOMA from Jan.'06 Prod. (OM35871U) 55