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Seats & Safety system
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Side and curtain air bags
Side and curtain air bags are designed to
inflate when an impact is detected by
side collision sensors depending on the
severity from a side impact collision.
Although the driver’s and front passen-
ger’s air bags are designed to inflate only
in frontal collisions, they also may inflate
in other types of collisions if the front im-
pact sensors detect a sufficient impact.
Side and curtain air bags are designed to
inflate only in side impact collisions, but
they may inflate in other collisions if the
side impact sensors detect a sufficient
impact.
If the vehicle chassis is impacted by
bumps or objects on unimproved roads,
the air bags may deploy. Drive carefully
on unimproved roads or on surfaces not
designed for vehicle traffic to prevent un-
intended air bag deployment.
Air bag non-inflation conditions
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• In certain low-speed collisions the air
bags may not deploy. The air bags are
designed not to deploy in such cases
because they may not provide benefits
beyond the protection of the seat belts
in such collisions.
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• Front air bags are not designed to in-
flate in rear collisions, because occu-
pants are moved backward by the
force of the impact. In this case, in-
flated air bags would not be able to
provide any additional benefit.
