Black plate (28,1)
GMC Sierra Owner Manual - 2011
3-28
Seats and Restraints
Airbag System
The vehicle has the following
airbags:
.
A frontal airbag for the driver.
.
A frontal airbag for the right front
passenger.
The vehicle may have the following
airbags:
.
A seat
‐
mounted side impact
airbag for the driver.
.
A seat
‐
mounted side impact
airbag for the right front
passenger.
.
A roof-rail airbag for the driver
and the passenger seated
directly behind the driver.
.
A roof-rail airbag for the right
front passenger and the person
seated directly behind the right
front passenger.
All of the airbags in the vehicle will
have the word AIRBAG embossed
in the trim or on an attached label
near the deployment opening.
For frontal airbags, the word
AIRBAG will appear on the middle
part of the steering wheel for the
driver and on the instrument panel
for the right front passenger.
With seat
‐
mounted side impact
airbags, the word AIRBAG will
appear on the side of the seatback
closest to the door.
With roof-rail airbags, the word
AIRBAG will appear along the
headliner or trim.
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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WARNING
You can be severely injured or
killed in a crash if you are not
wearing your safety belt
—
even if
you have airbags. Airbags are
designed to work with safety
belts, but do not replace them.
Also, airbags are not designed to
deploy in every crash. In some
crashes safety belts are your only
restraint. See
When Should an
Airbag Inflate? on page 3
‑
32
.
Wearing your safety belt during a
crash helps reduce your chance
of hitting things inside the vehicle
or being ejected from it. Airbags
are
“
supplemental restraints
”
to
the safety belts. Everyone in your
vehicle should wear a safety belt
properly
—
whether or not there is
an airbag for that person.
