Chevrolet Silverado Classic 2007, Owner'S Manual

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Airbag System
Your vehicle has the following airbags:
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A frontal airbag for the driver.
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A frontal airbag for the right front passenger.
Airbags are designed to supplement the protection
provided by safety belts. Even though today’s
airbags are also designed to help reduce the risk
of injury from the force of an inflating bag, all
airbags must inflate very quickly to do their job.
Here are the most important things to know
about the airbag system:
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CAUTION:
You can be severely injured or killed
in a crash if you are not wearing your
safety belt — even if you have airbags.
Wearing your safety belt during a crash
helps reduce your chance of hitting things
inside the vehicle or being ejected from it.
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CAUTION: (Continued)
Airbags are “supplemental restraints” to
the safety belts. All airbags are designed
to work with safety belts, but do not
replace them.
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CAUTION:
Airbags are designed to deploy in
moderate to severe frontal and near
frontal crashes. They are not designed
to inflate in rollover, rear crashes, or in
many side crashes. And, for some
unrestrained occupants, airbags may
provide less protection in frontal
crashes than more forceful airbags
have provided in the past. Everyone
in your vehicle should wear a safety
belt properly — whether or not there
is an airbag for that person.
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