MG ZS - Conditions in Which Airbags Will Not Deploy; Keys

SEATS&RESTRAINTS
ConditionsinWhichAirbagsWillNot
Deploy
Thedeploymentofairbagsdoesnotdependonthevehicle
speed,butontheobjectthatthevehiclehits,angleof
impactandtherateatwhichthecarchangesspeedasa
resultofacollision.Whentheimpactforceofcollision
isabsorbedordispersedtovehiclebody,airbagsmaynot
deploy;however,airbagsmaysometimesdeployaccording
toimpactcondition.Therefore,thedeploymentofairbags
shallnotbejudgedbasedontheseverityofvehicledamage.
FrontAirbags
Undercertainconditionsthefrontairbagsmaynotbe
deployed.Someexamplesarelistedbelow:
•Theimpactpointisnotcentraltothefrontofthe
vehicle.
•Theimpactisnotofsufcientforce(theimpactiswith
anobjectthatisnotsolid,suchasalamppostorcentral
barriers).
•Theimpactareaishigh(collisionwiththetailgateofa
truck).
•Impactstotherearorsideofthevehicle.
•Thevehiclerollingover.
SeatSideAirbagsandSideHeadImpact
ProtectionAirbags
Undercertainconditionstheseatsideandsidehead
airbagsmaynotbedeployed.Someexamplesarelisted
below:
•Sideimpactsatcertainangles.
•Lightsideimpactssuchasamotorcycle.
•Impactsthatarenotcentraltothesideofthevehicle,
eithertoofartowardtheenginecompartmentorthe
loadspace.
•Thevehiclerollingover.
•Theangledimpactisnotofsufcientforce(theimpact
iswithanobjectthatisnotsolid,suchasalamppost
orcentralbarriers).
•Theimpactisnotofsufcientforce(withanother
vehicle,stationaryormoving).
•Theimpactisfromtherearofthevehicle.
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