System Description
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 1995 Toyota Paseo. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) consists of a steering wheel pad (contains air bag), passenger-side air bag (if equipped), center air bag sensor, spiral cable, left and right front air bag sensors, and an air bag warning light (in the instrument cluster). Spiral cable completes the electrical circuit from the center air bag sensor to the steering wheel pad while allowing the steering wheel to be turned. Air bags deploy if center air bag sensor and at least one front air bag sensor detect sufficient impact.