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HowSRSworks
Whentheignitionswitchisplacedto
"ON"position,SRSCMmonitors
collisionsensorsignalsandallparts
tojudgewhethertheairbagis
neededtobeexpandedaccordingto
theseverityoffrontcollision.
Whentheignitionswitchisplacedto
"ON"positionortheengineis
started,theSRSwarninglightonthe
consoleflashesfor6s,andthenis
off.
WhenSRSCMdetectsthatthe
energygeneratedbyfrontcollisionis
sufficientlybig,theairbagexpands
automatically.
Whentheairbagexpands,theliner
coverinfrontoftheairbagistornand
detachedwiththeactionofexpansion
pressure.Onlywhenthelinercoveris
tornsecurely,theairbagcanexpand
completelytoprovideprotection.
Theairbagthatexpandscompletely
incombinationwiththesafetybelt
tensionercanreducetheforward
forceofthedriverandoccupants,so
astoreducetheriskofinjuryto
headandchest.
Theairbagshrinksimmediatelyafter
itexpands,withanintervalofabout
0.1s.Thiswillnothinderthedriver's
lineofsight.