Air
Bag
Systems
This part explains the frontal and side impact air bag
systems.
Your vehicle has four air bags
-
a
frontal air bag for the
driver, another frontal air bag for the right front
passenger, a side impact air bag for the driver, and
another side impact air bag for the right front passenger.
Frontal air bags are designed to help reduce the risk
of injury from the force of an inflating air bag. But these
air bags must inflate very quickly to do their job and
comply with federal regulations.
Here are the most important things to know about the
air bag system:
You can be severely ,njured or killed in a crash
if
you aren’t wearing your safety belt
-
even if
you have air bags. Wearing your safety belt
during
a
crash helps reduce your chance of
hitting things inside the vehicle or being
ejected from
it.
CAUTION: (Continued)
Air
bags are designe
,o
work with safety belts
but don’t replace them.
Frontal air bags for the driver and right front
passenger are designed to deploy only in
moderate to severe frontal and near frontal
crashes. They aren’t designed to inflate at all
in rollover, rear or low-speed frontal crashes,
or in many side crashes. And, for some
unrestrained occupants, frontal air bags may
provide less protection in frontal crashes than
more forceful
air
bags
have provided in
the past.
The side impact air bags for the driver and
right front passenger are designed to inflate
only in moderate to severe crashes where
something hits the side of your vehicle. They
aren‘i ciesigneci
to
iniiaie in ironiai, in roiiover
or in rear crashes.
Everyone in your vehicle should wear a safety
belt properly
-
whether or not there’s an air
bag for that person.
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