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Knowing your vehicle
Air bag non-inflation conditions
• In collisions, the vehicle seat belts
are sufficient to protect the vehicle
occupants and the air bags may
not deploy. In some cases, deploy-
ing air bags in low-speed collisions
can cause a secondary impact to
the occupants (light abrasions,
cuts, burns, etc.), or loss of vehicle
control.
• Air bags may not inflate in rear col-
lisions, because occupants are
moved backward by the force of
the impact. In this case, the air
bags do not provide proper protec-
tion.
• Front air bags may not inflate in
side impact collision, because
occupants move to the direction of
the collision, and thus front air bag
deployment does not provide prop-
er protection.
However, side or curtain air bags
may inflate depending on the inten-
sity, vehicle speed and angles of
impact.
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