The Seat Belt System and How It Works
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The Seat Belt System and How It Works Advice for Pregnant Women If possible, use the lap/shoulder Seat Belt Maintenance seat belt, remembering to keep For safety, you should check the the lap portion as low as possible condition of your seat belts (see page 7). regularly. Each time you have a check-up, Pull out each belt fully and look ask your doctor if it's okay for you for frays, cuts, burns and wear. to drive and how you should Check to see that the latches position a lap/shoulder seat belt. work smoothly and the lap/shoulder belts retract easily. Any belt not in good condition or not working properly should be replaced. Protecting the mother is the best If a seat belt is worn during a way to protect her unborn child. crash, have your dealer replace Therefore, a pregnant woman the belt and check the anchors should wear a properly for damage. positioned seat belt whenever she drives or rides in a car. For information on how to clean your seat belts, see page 169. Driver and Passenger Safety Supplemental Restraint System Your Accord is equipped with a SRS INDICATOR A diagnostic system that, when Supplemental Restraint System DRIVER'S the ignition is ON (II), continu- AIRBAG PASSENGER'S (SRS) to help protect your head AIRBAG ally monitors the sensors, and chest during a severe frontal control unit, airbag activator, collision. This system does not and all related wiring. replace your seat belt. It An indicator light to warn you supplements, or adds to, the of a possible problem with the protection offered by your seat system. belt. Emergency power backup in case your car's electrical SENSOR CONTROL system is disconnected in a UNIT SENSOR crash. Not wearing a seat belt The main components in your increases the chance of SRS are: serious injury or death in a One airbag in the steering crash, even if you have wheel for the driver and airbags. another in the dashboard for Be sure you and your the front seat passenger. passengers always wear seat belts and wear them properly. Driver and Passenger Safety Supplemental Restraint System An airbag inflates and deflates FRONTAL COLLISION RANGE How the Driver's very quickly. It cannot protect Airbag Works you during any additional impacts that can occur during a crash. A seat belt helps keep you in the proper position when an airbag inflates. An airbag opens with considerable force and can hurt you if you are not in the proper position. Important Safety Reminder Even with an airbag, you need to wear a seat belt. The reasons are: If you ever have a severe frontal Airbags only inflate in severe collision, your airbag will frontal collisions. They offer no instantly inflate to help protect protection in rear impacts, side your head and chest. impacts, rollovers or moderate When the airbag inflates, you may frontal collisions. hear a fairly loud noise and you might see smoke or powder. This is normal; it is caused by the inflation of the airbag. Driver and Passenger Safety Supplemental Restraint System To do its job, the airbag inflates After the bag completely inflates, How the Passenger's with considerable force. So, while it immediately starts deflating so Airbag Works it can reduce serious injuries and it won't interfere with your even save your life, the airbag visibility, ability to steer, or ability might cause some facial to operate other controls. abrasions or other injuries. For this reason, you should always sit The total time for inflating and as far back from the steering deflating is a fraction of a second. wheel as comfortable while still You may not even be aware that maintaining control. the airbag has been fully inflated. The airbag is stored in the center of the steering wheel. For safety, do not attach any items to the steering wheel. They could interfere with the proper opera- tion of the airbag. Or, if the airbag If you have a severe frontal inflates, the items could be collision, the passenger's airbag propelled inside the car and hurt will inflate at the same time as the someone. driver's airbag. continued Driver and Passenger Safety Supplemental Restraint System This airbag is quite large and Because of the airbag, we strongly SRS How the SRS Indicator inflates with considerable force. It recommend that you do not put Light Works can seriously hurt a front seat an infant seat in the front The purpose of the SRS light passenger who is not in the passenger's seat. If the airbag on your instrument panel is proper position and wearing the inflates, it can dislodge the infant to alert you to a potential seat belt properly. seat and seriously injure the problem with your supplemental infant. restraint system. Front seat passengers should move the seat as far back as The passenger's airbag is stored Have the system checked if: practical and sit well back in the near the top of the dashboard, seat. under a lid marked SRS (see The light does not come on page 11). Do not place any when you turn the ignition If a toddler seat is used in the objects on top of this lid. If the ON (II). front passenger's seat, the vehicle airbag inflates, those objects can The light stays on after the seat should be moved as far back be propelled inside the car and engine starts. as possible. If the passenger bag possibly hurt someone. The light comes on or flashes inflates, it could seriously hurt a while you are driving. toddler who is not in the proper position or properly restrained. Driver and Passenger Safety Supplemental Restraint System System Service System Service Precautions Scrapping an entire car that has Your supplemental restraint Do not modify your steering uninflated airbags can be system is virtually maintenance- wheel or any other part of the dangerous. Get assistance from a free. There are no parts you can supplemental restraint system. Honda dealer if your car must safely service. Modifications could make the be scrapped. system ineffective. You must have the system If you sell your car, please be sure serviced by an authorized Honda to tell the new owner that the car dealer: Do not tamper with the system's components or wiring. This could has a supplemental restraint If your airbags ever inflate. The cause the airbags to inflate system. Alert them to the airbags and control unit must inadvertently, possibly injuring information and precautions in be replaced. Do not try to someone very seriously. this part of the Owner's Manual. remove or discard the airbags by yourself. This must be done Tell anyone who works on your by a Honda dealer. car that you have a supplemental If the SRS indicator light alerts restraint system. Failure to follow you of a problem. Have the the procedures and precautions supplemental restraint system in the official Honda service checked as soon as possible. manual could result in personal Otherwise, your airbags might injury or damage to the system. not inflate when you need them. When the car is 10 years old. Have the dealer inspect the system. The production date is on the driver's doorjamb for your convenience. Driver and Passenger Safety.