Cadillac 1995 DeVille - Air Bag System Operation and Location

Where is the air bag?
The driver's air bag is in the middle of the steering wheel. The right front
passsngor's air baq L. is in the instrument panel 011 the passenger's side.
When should an air bag inflate?
The air bag is designed to inflatc in moderate to scverc frontal or
newfrontal crashes. Thc air bag will inflate only if the impact speed is
above tllc system's dcsigned "threshold Icvzl." If your vehicle goes
straight
into a wall that docsn't nwvc' or deform. thc thresl~old level is
about
0 to 15 mph (14 to 24 km/h). The threshold level czm vav, however,
with spccific vehicle design, so that it can be somewhat above ;r below
this range.
If your vehicle strikes something that will move or deform,
such as a parked car, the threshold level will be higher. The air hag is not
designed to inflate in rollovers? side impacts, 01- rear impacts, because
inflation
would not help the occupant.
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.
Inflation is determined by the angle of the impact and
the vehicle's deceleration. Vchicle damage
c. *is only one indication of this.
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