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Safety features of your vehicle Air bag - supplemental restraint system
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
clearance. Air bags may not
inflate in this "under-ride" situa
tion because deceleration forces
that are detected by sensors may
be significantly replaced by such
"under-ride" collisions.
䳜 Air bags may not inflate in roll
over accidents because the vehicle
can not detect rollover accident.
However, side and/or curtain air
bags may inflate when the vehicle
is rolled over following (or after)
side impact collision.
䳜 Air bags may not inflate if the
vehicle collides with objects such
as utility poles or trees, where the
point of impact is concentrated to
one area and the full force of the
impact is not delivered to the sen
sors.
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