Honda Accord: Side Airbags
The side airbags help protect the upper torso of the driver or a front passenger during a moderate-to-severe side impact.
• Housing Locations
The side airbags are housed in the outside edge of the driver's and passenger's seatbacks.
Both are marked SIDE AIRBAG.
• Operation
When the sensors detect a moderate-tosevere side impact, the control unit signals the side airbag on the impact side to immediately inflate.
Make sure you and your front seat passenger always sit upright. Leaning into the path of a side airbag can prevent the airbag from deploying properly and increases your risk of serious injury.
Do not attach accessories on or near the side airbags.
They can interfere with the proper operation of the airbags, or hurt someone if an airbag inflates.
If the impact is on the passenger side, the airbag deploys even if there is no passenger in the passenger seat.
Do not cover or replace the front seat-back covers without consulting a dealer.
Improperly replacing or covering front seat-back covers can prevent your side airbags from properly deploying during a side impact.
• When a side airbag deploys with little or no visible damage
Because the airbag systems senses sudden acceleration, a strong impact to the side of the vehicle's framework can cause a side airbag to deploy. In such cases, there may be little or no damage, but the side impact sensors detected a severe enough impact to deploy the airbag.
• When a side airbag may not deploy, even though visible damage appears severe
It is possible for a side airbag to not deploy during an impact that results in apparently severe damage. This can occur when the point of impact was towards the far front or rear of the vehicle, or when the vehicle's crushable body parts absorbed most of the crash energy. In either case, the side airbag would not have been needed nor provided protection even if it had deployed.
Front Airbags (SRS)
The front SRS airbags inflate in a moderate-to-severe frontal collision to
help protect
the head and chest of the driver and/or front passenger.
SRS (Supplemental Restraint System) indicates that ...
Side Curtain Airbags
The side curtain airbags help protect the heads of the driver and passengers
in outer
seating positions during a moderate-to-severe side impact. The side curtain
airbags
equipped in this vehic ...
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Check the fluid level in the
reservoirs monthly. There are up to
two reservoirs, depending on the
model. They are:
Brake fluid reservoir (all models)
Clutch fluid reservoir
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Front Fender Trim Replacement
2-door
NOTE:
- Take care not to scratch the front grille cover or the
body.
- When prying with a flat-tip screwdriver, wrap it with
protective tape to prevent damage.
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Floor Mats
The driver’s and right rear
passenger’s floor mats that came
with your vehicle hook over the floor
mat anchors. This keeps the floor
mats from sliding forward and
possibly interfering ...