22 1-2 Supplemental Restraint System
Driver and Front Passenger Air Bags
If the vehicle is equipped with a driver air
bag and a front passenger air bag, when
the SRS electronic control unit (ECU) in
the vehicle that is traveling senses a
medium to severe frontal collision and the
SRS triggering conditions are met, the air
bags will deploy to reduce the degree of
injury.
Starting process of front air bags
■ In case of a medium to severe frontal collision accident, upon sensing that
the vehicle decelerates rapidly, the sensor will send signals to the controller
to enable the front air bags to deploy immediately.
■ In case of a frontal collision, the seat belt can assist in securing your lower
body and trunk to keep you still in place. The air bag functions as an air
cushion that assists in securing and protecting your head and chest.
■ When the intensity of impact does not reach the critical value for air bags to
deploy, the seat belts provide the main protection, while the air bags
provides little auxiliary protection.
■ After inflation, the front air bags will deflate immediately so as not to affect
the driver's vision and operation of the steering wheel or other controllers.
■ The deployment of the air bags can be completed rapidly within a
millisecond to provide additional protection for occupants of the vehicle in
an accident.
■ When an air bag deploys, a loud sound will be produced, which will not
cause injury in general (however, there is possibility of tinnitus or temporary
deafness and hearing will be restored soon).
■ After a collision, you may see some smoke, which is powder from the
surface of an air bag. Although this powder is not toxic, occupants with
respiratory disease may still feel temporary discomfort.
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