Srs Components; How Your Front Airbags; Additional Information About Your Airbags - Honda 2006 Accord Owner's Manual

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Additional Information About Your Airbags

SRS Components

Your Supplemental Restraint System
(SRS) includes:
Two front airbags. The driver's
airbag is stored in the centre of
the steering wheel; the front
passenger's airbag is stored in the
dashboard. Both are marked ''SRS
AIRBAG.''
Automatic seat belt tensioners
that tighten the front seat belts
during a moderate to severe
frontal collision (see page
Sensors that can detect a
moderate to severe frontal
collision.
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Driver and Passenger Safety
A sophisticated electronic system
that continually monitors
information about the sensors, the
control unit, and the airbag
activators when the ignition switch
is in the ON (II) position.
On cars with side airbags with
automatic cutoff system
A sophisticated electronic system
that continually monitors and
records information about the
sensors, the control unit, and the
airbag activators when the ignition
63 ). switch is in the ON (II) position.
An indicator on the instrument
panel that alerts you to a possible
problem with the system (see
page 70 ).
Emergency backup power in case
your car's electrical system is
disconnected in a crash.
How Your Front Airbags Work
If you ever have a moderate to
severe frontal collision, the sensors
will detect rapid deceleration and
signal the control unit to instantly
inflate the front airbags and activate
the automatic seat belt tensioners.