BrightDrop Zevo 600 Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada-
16569273) - 2023 - CRC - 11/3/22
Seats and Restraints 39
The frontal airbag is not intended to inflate
during vehicle rollovers, rear impacts, or in
many side impacts.
In addition, the vehicle has an advanced
technology frontal airbag. An advanced
technology frontal airbag adjusts the
restraint according to crash severity.
Seat side impact airbags, if equipped, are
designed to inflate in moderate to severe
side crashes depending on the location of
the impact. These airbags may also inflate
in some moderate to severe frontal impacts.
Seat side impact airbags are not designed to
inflate in rollovers or rear impacts. A seat
side impact airbag is intended to inflate on
the side of the vehicle that is struck.
Roof-rail airbags, if equipped, are designed
to inflate in moderate to severe side crashes
depending on the location of the impact. In
addition, these roof-rail airbags may inflate
during a rollover or in a severe frontal
impact. Roof-rail airbags are not designed to
inflate in rear impacts. Both roof-rail airbags
may inflate when either side of the vehicle
is struck or if the sensing system predicts
that the vehicle is about to roll over on its
side, or in a severe frontal impact.
In any particular crash, no one can say
whether an airbag should have inflated
simply because of the vehicle damage or
repair costs.
What Makes an Airbag Inflate?
In a deployment event, the sensing system
sends an electrical signal triggering a release
of gas from the inflator. Gas from the
inflator fills the airbag causing the bag to
break out of the cover. The inflator, the
airbag, and related hardware are all part of
the airbag module.
For airbag locations, see Where Are the
Airbags? 0 37.
How Does an Airbag Restrain?
In moderate to severe frontal or near frontal
collisions, even belted occupants can contact
the steering wheel or the instrument panel.
In moderate to severe side collisions, even
belted occupants can contact the inside of
the vehicle.
Airbags supplement the protection provided
by seat belts by distributing the force of the
impact more evenly over the
occupant's body.
This vehicle does not have a passenger
frontal airbag in the passenger side
instrument panel. Whether or not an airbag
is provided, all occupants still have to buckle
up to get the most protection. See Seat
Belts 0 29 and
How to Wear Seat Belts Properly 0 30.
Rollover capable roof-rail airbags are
designed to help contain the head and chest
of occupants in the outboard seating
positions in the front row. The rollover
capable roof-rail airbags are designed to help
reduce the risk of full or partial ejection in
rollover events, although no system can
prevent all such ejections.
But airbags would not help in many types
of collisions, primarily because the
occupant's motion is not toward those
airbags. See When Should an Airbag Inflate?
0 38.
Airbags should never be regarded as
anything more than a supplement to seat
belts.
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