TOYOTA GT86 2019 Owners Manual (in English)

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Ensure that no article is placed on the seat other than the occupant.
If the ON indicator still remains illuminated while the OFF indicator turns off
despite the fact that the actions noted above have been taken, seat the
child/small adult in the rear seat and immediately contact your Toyota dealer
for an inspection. Even if the system has passed the dealer ins pection, it is
recommended that on subsequent trips the child/small adult alwa ys take the
rear seat.
Children who have outgrown a child restraint system should alwa ys wear the
seat belt irrespective of whether the airbag is deactivated or activated.
■ Conditions in which fr ont passenger’s SRS frontal airbag is activated
The front passenger’s SRS frontal airbag will be activated for deployment
upon impact when any of the following conditions are met regard ing the front
passenger’s seat.
● When the seat is occupied by an adult.
● When a certain item(s) (e.g. jug of water) is placed on the seat.

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■If the passenger’s frontal airbag OFF indicator illuminates and the ON
indicator turns off even when the front passenger’s seat is occ upied by
an adult
This can be caused by the adult incorrectly sitting in the fron t passenger’s
seat. Turn the engine switch to the “LOCK” position (vehicles w ithout a smart
key system), or turn the “ENGINE START STOP” switch off (vehicl es with a
smart key system). Ask the front passenger to set the seatback to the
upright position, sit up straight in the center of the seat cushion, correctly
fasten the seat belt, position his/her legs out forward, and ad just the seat to
the rearmost position. Turn the engine switch to the “ON” posit ion (vehicles
without a smart key system), or turn the “ENGINE START STOP” sw itch to
IGNITION ON mode (vehicles with a smart key system). If the OFF indicator
remains illuminated while the ON indicator remains off, take th e following
actions.
● Vehicles without a smart key system:
Turn the engine switch to the “LOCK” position.
Vehicles with a smart key system:
Turn the “ENGINE START STOP” switch off.
● Make sure that the front passenger does not use a blanket, seat cushion,
seat cover, seat heater or massager, etc.
● If wearing excessive layers of clothing, the front passenger should
remove any unnecessary items before sitting in the front passenger’s
seat, or should sit in a rear seat.
● Next, turn the engine switch to the “ON” position and wait 6 se conds to
allow the system to complete self-checking. Following the syste m check,
both indicators turn off for 2 seconds. Now, the ON indicator should illu-
minate while the OFF indicator remains off.
If the OFF indicator still remains illuminated while the ON ind icator remains
off, ask the occupant to move to the rear seat and immediately contact your
Toyota dealer for an inspection.

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Operation
Driver's side
Passenger’s side
SRS AIRBAGs deploy as soon as a
collision occurs.
After deployment, SRS AIRBAGs start to deflate immediately so that the
driver’s vision is not obstructed.
SRS AIRBAGs deploy as soon as acollision occurs.
After deployment, SRS AIRBAGs start to deflate immediately so that the
driver's vision is not obstructed.

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The SRS airbag can function only when the engine switch is in the “ON”
position (vehicles without a smart key system) or when the “ENGINE START
STOP” switch is in IGNITION ON mode (vehicles with a smart key system).
The Toyota advanced frontal airbag system is designed to determ ine the
activation or deactivation condition of the front passenger’s S RS frontal air-
bag depending on the characteristic of the item(s) or person on the front
passenger’s seat monitored by the front passenger’s occupant cl assification
system sensor. For this reason, only the driver’s SRS frontal a irbag may
deploy in the event of a collision, but this does not mean fail ure of the sys-
tem.
If the front sub sensors and the impact sensors in the airbag c ontrol module
detect a predetermined amount of force during a frontal collisi on, the control
module sends signals to the airbag module(s) (only driver’s mod ule or both
driver’s and front passenger’s modules) instructing the module( s) to inflate
the SRS frontal airbag(s).
The driver’s and front passenger’s SRS frontal airbags use dual stage infla-
tors. The two inflators of each airbag are triggered either seq uentially or
simultaneously, depending on the severity of impact, in the cas e of the
driver’s SRS frontal airbag and depending on the severity of im pact and the
characteristic of the item(s) or person on the seat in the case of the front
passenger’s SRS frontal airbag.
After deployment, the SRS airbag immediately starts to deflate so that the
driver’s vision is not obstructed. The time required from detec ting impact to
the deflation of the SRS airbag after deployment is shorter tha n the blink of
an eye.
Both when only the driver’s SRS frontal airbag deploys and the driver’s and
front passenger’s SRS frontal airbags deploy, the driver’s and front passen-
ger’s seat belt pretensioners operate at the same time.
Although it is highly unlikely that the SRS airbag would activa te in a non-
accident situation, should it occur, the SRS airbag will deflat e quickly, not
obscuring vision and will not interfere with the driver's abili ty to maintain con-
trol of the vehicle.
When the SRS airbag deploys, a sudden, fairly loud inflation no ise will be
heard and some smoke will be released. These occurrences are a normal
result of the deployment. This smoke does not indicate a fire i n the vehicle.

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The driver’s SRS frontal airbag and front passenger’s SRS frontal airbag are
designed to deploy in the event of an accident involving a mode rate to
severe frontal collision. They are not designed to deploy in most lesser fron-
tal impacts because the necessary protection can be achieved by the seat
belt alone. Also, they are not designed to deploy in most side or rear impacts
or in most roll-over accidents because deployment of only the d river’s SRS
frontal airbag or both driver’s and front passenger’s SRS frontal airbags
would not help the occupant in those situations. The driver’s and front pas-
senger’s SRS frontal airbags are designed to function on a one- time-only
basis.
SRS airbag deployment depends on the level of force experienced in the
passenger compartment during a collision. That level differs fr om one type of
collision to another, and it may have no bearing on the visible damage done
to the vehicle itself.
■ Example of accident in which the driver’s/driver’s and front passen-
ger’s SRS frontal airbag(s) will most likely deploy
A head-on collision against a thick concrete wall at a vehicle speeds of 12 to
19 mph (20 to 30 km/h) or higher activates only the driver’s SR S frontal air-
bag or both driver’s and front passenger’s SRS frontal airbags. The airbag(s)
will also be activated when the vehicle is exposed to a frontal impact similar
in fashion and magnitude to the collision described above.

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■Examples of the types of accidents in which it is possible that the
driver’s/driver’s and front passenger’s SRS frontal airbag(s) w ill deploy
■ Examples of the types of accidents in which deployment of the
driver’s/driver’s and front passe nger’s SRS frontal airbag(s) is unlikely
to occur
There are many types of collisions which might not necessarily require
deployment of driver’s/driver’s and front passenger’s SRS front al airbag(s).
In the event of accidents like those illustrated, the driver’s/driver’s and front
passenger’s SRS frontal airbag(s) may not deploy depending on t he level of
accident forces involved.
Only the driver’s SRS frontal airbag or
both driver’s and front passenger’s SRS
frontal airbags may be activated when the
vehicle sustains a hard impact in the
undercarriage area from the road surface
(such as when the vehicle plunges into a
deep ditch, is severely impacted or
knocked hard against an obstacle on the
road such as a curb).
The vehicle strikes an object, such as a
telephone pole or sign pole.

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The vehicle slides under the load bed of a
truck.
The vehicle sustains an oblique offset
frontal impact.
The vehicle sustains an offset frontal colli-
sion.
The vehicle strikes an object that can
move or deform, such as a parked vehi-
cle.

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■Examples of the types of accidents in which the driver’s/driver ’s and
front passenger’s SRS frontal airbag(s) will basically not deploy
The driver’s and front passenger’s SRS
frontal airbags are designed not to deploy
in most cases if the vehicle is struck from
the side or from behind, or if it rolls onto
its side or roof, or if it is involved in a low-
speed frontal collision.
First impact
Second impact
In an accident where the vehicle is
impacted more than once, the driver’s
and/or front passenger’s SRS frontal air-
bag(s) will deploy only once on the first
impact.
Example: In the case of a double colli-
sion, first with another vehicle, then
against a concrete wall in immediate suc-
cession, once either or both of the driver’s
and front passenger’s SRS frontal air-
bags is/are activated on the first impact,
it/they will not be activated on the second
impact.

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WARNING
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If the SRS airbags deploy
Do not touch the SRS airbag system components around the steeri ng wheel
and dashboard with bare hands right after deployment. Doing so can cause
burns because the components can be very hot as a result of dep loyment.
■ Child restraint precautions
NEVER INSTALL A REARWARD FACING CHILD SEAT IN THE FRONT
PASSENGER’S SEAT EVEN IF THE FRONT PASSENGER’S SRS FRON-
TAL AIRBAG IS DEACTIVATED. Be sure to install it in the REAR se at in a
correct manner. Also, it is strongly recommended that any forwa rd facing
child seat or booster seat be installed in the REAR seat, and t hat even chil-
dren who have outgrown a child restraint system be also seated in the
REAR seat. This is because children sitting in the front passen ger’s seat
may be killed or severely injured should the front passenger’s SRS frontal
airbag deploy. REAR seats are the safest place for children.

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SRS side airbag and SRS curtain shield airbag
The SRS side airbag is stored in the door side of each front se at
seatback, which bears an “SRS AIRBAG” label.
In a moderate to severe side im pact collision, the SRS side airbag on
the impacted side of the vehicle deploys between the occupant and
the door panel and supplements t he seat belt by reducing the impact
on the occupant’s chest and waist. The SRS side airbag operates
only for front seat occupants.
The SRS curtain shield airbag on each side of the cabin is stor ed in
the roof side (between the front pillar and a point over the rear seat).
An “SRS AIRBAG” mark is located at the top of each front and rear
pillar.
In a moderate to severe side impact collision, the SRS curtain shield
airbag on the impacted side of the vehicle deploys between the occu-
pant and the side window and supplements the seat belt by reduc ing
the impact on the occupant’s head.