GMC Yukon 2025 - When Should an Airbag Inflate

GMC Yukon/Yukon XL/Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/Mexico-17942154) - 2025
66 Seats and Restraints
Driver Side Shown, Passenger Side Similar
The roof-rail airbags for the driver, front
outboard passenger, and second and third row
outboard seating positions are in the ceiling
above the side windows.
{ Warning
If something is between an occupant and
an
airbag, the airbag might not inflate
properly or it might force the object into
that person causing severe injury or even
death. The path of an inflating airbag
must be kept clear. Do not put anything
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Warning (Continued)
between an occupant and an airbag, and
do not attach or put anything on the
steering wheel hub or on or near any other
airbag covering.
Do not use seat or console accessories that
block the inflation path of aseat-mounted
side impact airbag or the front center
airbag, if equipped.
Never secure anything to the roof of
avehicle with roof-rail airbags by routing
arope or tie-down through any door or
window opening. If you do, the path of an
inflating roof-rail airbag will be blocked.
When Should an Airbag Inflate?
Th
is vehicle is equipped with airbags. See
Airbag System 363. Airbags are designed to
inflate if the impact exceeds the specific airbag
system's deployment threshold. Deployment
thresholds are used to predict how severe
acrash is likely to be in time for the airbags
to inflate and help restrain the occupants. The
vehicle has electronic sensors that help the
airbag system determine the severity of the
im
pact. Deployment thresholds can vary with
specific vehicle design.
Frontal airbags are designed to inflate in
moderate to severe frontal crashes to help
reduce the potential for severe injuries, mainly
to the driver's or front outboard passenger's
head and chest.
Whether the frontal airbags will or should
inflate is not based primarily on how fast the
vehicle is traveling. It depends on what is hit,
the direction of the impact, and how quickly the
vehicle slows down.
Frontal airbags may inflate at different crash
speeds depending on whether the vehicle hits
an object straight on or at an angle, and
whether the object is fixed or moving, rigid or
deformable, narrow or wide.
Frontal airbags are not intended to inflate
during vehicle rollovers, rear impacts, or many
side impacts.
In addition, the vehicle has advanced
technology frontal airbags. Advanced
technology frontal airbags adjust the restraint
according to either crash severity or
occupant interaction.