Chevrolet Beat, Manual

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Warning
• Do not drive your vehicle after one
or more air bags have deployed.
• Do not try to repair, alter, or
dispose of the air bag yourself.
• Air bags are installed under high
pressure with sophisticated crash
sensing and air bag inflating
systems. Allowing an untrained
and unauthorized person to handle
an air bag can lead to serious
injuries and death.
• Contact your CHEVROLET
retailer immediately if either of
your vehicle’s air bag has
deployed, if damage occurs to
your vehicle at or near either of the
air bag modules, or if you believe
for any reason that the operating
condition of either air bag has
been impaired.
Driving a vehicle after an air bag has
deployed without authorized service
can result in severe injuries and death.
Your Supplemental Restraint System
(SRS) is virtually maintenance free.
However, if any of the following occurs,
have your SRS serviced immediately by
CHEVROLET retailer.
•
Any of your air bags have deployed.
• The air bag warning lamp indicates
malfunction.
SRS Servicing
45 Seats and Restraints
After the air bag deflates, you may
notice a burning smell, smoke, and
white powder in the interior of the
vehicle. This is normal. The burning
smell is from the propellant that was
ignited to inflate the airbag. The white
powder is cornstarch or talcum or
sodium compounds which lubricate the
air bag to reduce friction on the air bag
during storage and inflation. Although
they may cause some skin or eye
irritation, these substances are not toxic.
After The Air Bag Deploys