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Safety features of your vehicle Air bag - Advanced Supplemental Restraint
System
Air bag non-inflation conditions
䳜 Air bags may not deploy in certain
low-speed collisions where the air
bag would not add any benefit
beyond the protection already
offered by the seat belts.
䳜 Front air bags are not designed to
inflate in rear collisions, because
occupants are moved backward
by the force of the impact. In this
case, inflated air bags would not
be able to provide any additional
benefit.
䳜 Front airbags may not inflate in
side impact collisions, because
passengers move in the direction
of the collision. Thus, in side
impacts, frontal airbag deploy
-
ment would not provide additional
occupant protection.
䳜 In an angled collision, the force of
impact may direct the occupants
in a direction where the air bags
would not be able to provide any
additional benefit, and thus the
sensors may not deploy any air
bags.
䳜 Just before impact, drivers often
brake heavily. Such heavy braking
lowers the front portion of the
vehicle causing it to "ride" under a
vehicle with a higher ground
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