2007 Toyota Avalon Owners Manual - Page 95

'06 AVALON_U (OM41418U) SRS airbags- -SRS driver airbag, driver knee airbag and front passenger airbag 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, chest or knee caused by hitting the vehicle interior. The SRS front passenger airbag will not activate if there is no passenger sitting in the front passenger seat. However, the front passenger airbag may deploy if luggage is put in the seat, or the seat belt is buckled up, regardless of the presence of an occupant in the seat. (As for the front passenger occupant classification system, see "-Front passenger occupant classification system" on page 94 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. The SRS (Supplemental Restraint System) front airbags are designed to provide further protection for the driver and front passenger 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. D Either seat belt pretensioner assembly or surrounding area is scratched, cracked, or otherwise damaged. 79