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Safety features of your vehicle Air bag - supplemental restraint system
僅 Front air bags may not inflate in side
impact collisions, because occupants
move to the direction of the collision,
and thus in side impacts, frontal air
bag deployment would not provide
additional occupant protection.
However, side impact and curtain air
bags may inflate depending on the
intensity, vehicle speed and angles of
impact.
僅 In an angled collision, the force of
impact may direct the occupants in a
direction where the air bags would not
be able to provide any additional ben
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efit, and thus the sensors may not
deploy any air bags.
僅 Just before impact, drivers often
brake heavily. Such heavy braking
lowers the front portion of the vehicle
causing it to “ride” under a vehicle
with a higher ground clearance. Air
bags may not inflate in this "under-
ride" situation because deceleration
forces that are detected by sensors
may be significantly reduced by such
“under-ride” collisions.
僅 Air bags do not inflate in most rollover
accidents, even though the vehicle is
equipped with side air bags and cur
-
tain air bags.
NOTICE
If equipped with rollover sensor
However, if equipped with side and cur
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tain air bags, the air bags may inflate in
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