The driver’s and right front passenger’s frontal air bags
are designed to inflate in moderate to severe frontal
or near-frontal crashes. But they are designed to inflate
only
if
the impact speed is above the system’s
designed “threshold level”.
In addition, your vehicle has “dual stage” frontal air
bags, which adjust the amount of restraint according to
crash severity. For moderate frontal impacts, these
air bags inflate at a level less than full deployment.
For more severe frontal impacts, full deployment occurs.
If
the front of your vehicie goes straight into a wall
that doesn’t move or deform, the threshold level
for the reduced deployment is about
10
to 16 mph
(18
to 26 km/h), and the threshold level for a full
deployment is about
18 to
24
mph (29 to
38.5
km/h).
The threshold level can vary, however, with specific
vehicle design,
so that it can be somewhat above
or below this range.
If your vehicle strikes something that will move or
higher. The driver’s and right front passenger’s frontal
air bags are not designed to inflate in rollovers, rear
impacts, or in many side impacts because inflation
would not help the occupant.
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have
a
side impact
air
bag. See Air Bag Systems in the index. Side impact air
bags are designed to inflate in moderate to severe
side crashes.
A
side impact air bag will inflate
if
the crash severity is above the system’s designed
‘threshold level’. The threshold level can vary with
specific vehicle design. Side impact air bags are not
designed to inflate in frontal or near-frontal impacts,
rollovers or rear impacts, because inflation would not
help the occupant.
A
side impact air bag will only deploy
on
the side of the vehicle that is struck.
In any particular crash, no one can say whether an air
bag should have inflated simply because of the damage
to a vehicle or because of what the repair costs were.
For frontal air bags, inflation is determined by the angle
of
the impact and how quickly the vehicle slows down
in frontal and near-frontal impacts. For side impact
air bags, inflation is determined by the location
and severity of the impact.
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