Safety features of your vehicle
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Air bag - Advanced Supplemental Restraint System
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.
僅 Front air bags may not inflate in side
impact collisions, because passen
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gers move in the direction of the colli
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sion. Thus, in side impacts, frontal air
bag deployment would not provide
additional occupant protection.
僅 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 ben
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efit, and thus the sensors may not
deploy any air bags.
僅 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 clearance. Air
bags may not inflate in this "under-
ride" situation because deceleration
forces that are detected by sensors
may be significantly reduced by such
"under-ride" collisions.
僅 Front air bags may not inflate in all
rollover accidents when the SRS Con
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trol Module (SRSCM) indicates that
the front air bag deployment would
not provide additional occupant pro
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tection.
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