Supplemental Restraint
System
(SRS)
This part explains the frontal and side impact
Supplemental Restraint Systems
(SRS)
or air bag
systems.
Your vehicle has four air bags
-
a frontal air bag for the
driver, another frontal air bag for the right front
passenger, a side impact air bag for the driver, and
another side impact air bag for the right front passenger.
Frontal air bags are designed
to
help reduce the risk
of injury from the force of an inflating frontal air bag. But
these air bags must inflate very quickly
to
do their job
and comply with federal regulations.
Here are the most important things
to
know about the
air bag systems:
You can be severely injured or killed
in
a crash
if
you aren’t wearing your safety belt
-
even if
you have air bags. Wearing your safety belt
during a crash helps reduce your chance of
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Air bags are designed to work
with safety belts but don’t replace them.
Frontal air bags for the driver and right front
passenger are designed to deploy only
in
moderate to severe frontal and near frontal
crashes. They aren’t designed to inflate at all in
rollover, rear or low-speed frontal crashes, or
in
many side crashes. And, for some unrestrained
occupants, frontal air bags may provide less
protection
in
frontal crashes than more forceful
air bags have provided in the past.
The side impact air bags for the driver and right
front passenger are designed to inflate only
in
moderate to severe crashes where something
hits the side of your vehicle. They aren’t
designed to inflate
in
frontal,
in
rollover or in
rear crashes.
Everyone in your vehicle should wear a safety
belt properly -whether or not there’s an air
bag for that person.
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