Event Data Recorder (EDR)

This vehicle is equipped with an Event Data Recorder (EDR). The primary purpose of the EDR is to record, in certain crash or near-crash-like situations, such as an airbag deployment or striking a road obstacle, data that will help in understanding how the vehicle's systems performed. The EDR is designed to record data related to vehicle dynamics and safety systems for a short period of time, typically 30 seconds or less. The EDR in this vehicle is designed to record such data as:

• How various systems in your vehicle were performing;
• Whether or not the driver and passenger safety belts were buckled/fastened;
• How far, if at all, the driver was depressing the accelerator and/or brake pedal; and,
• How fast the vehicle was traveling.

These data can help provide a better understanding of the circumstances in which crashes and injuries occur.

NOTE:

EDR data are recorded by your vehicle only if a non-trivial crash situation occurs; no data are recorded by the EDR under normal driving conditions and no personal data (e.g., name, gender, age, and crash location) are recorded. However, other parties, such as law enforcement, could combine the EDR data with the type of personally identifying data routinely acquired during a crash investigation.

To read data recorded by an EDR, special equipment is required, and access to the vehicle or EDR is needed. In addition to the vehicle manufacturer, other parties, such as law enforcement, that have the special equipment can read the information if they have access to the vehicle or EDR.