2008 Toyota 4Runner Owners Manual - Page 123

07 12.25 -SRS side airbags and curtain shield airbags NOTICE Do not disconnect the battery cables before contacting your Toyota dealer. In response to a severe side impact, the SRS side airbag and curtain shield airbag in the impacted side work with the seat belts to help reduce injury by inflating. The SRS side airbags help reduce injuries mainly to the driver's or front passenger's chest. The SRS curtain shield airbags help reduce injuries mainly to the driver's, front passenger's or rear/second passenger's head and help prevent them from being thrown out of the vehicle. The SRS side airbag on the passenger seat will not activate if there is no passenger sitting in the front passenger seat. However, the side airbag on the passenger seat may deploy if luggage is put in the seat, or the seat belt is buckled up regardless of the presence of the occupant in the seat. (As for the front passenger occupant classification system, see "-Front passenger occupant classification system" on page 91 in this Section.) The SRS curtain shield airbag on the passenger side are activated even with no passenger in the front seat or rear/second outside seat. CY13073 The SRS (Supplemental Restraint System) side airbags and curtain shield airbags are designed to provide further protection for the driver, front passenger and rear seat passengers∗1 /second seat passengers∗2 in addition to the primary safety protection provided by the seat belts. ∗1 : ∗2 : Without third seats With third seats 81