Pontiac 2003 Sunfire, Owner'S Manual

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Frontal air bags are designed to help minimize the risk
of injury from the force of an inflating frontal air bag
while providing enough force to perform properly.
Air bags must inflate very quickly to do their job and
comply with federal regulations. Therefore, you need to
know some important things about the air bag
systems.
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CAUTION:
You can be severely injured or killed in a crash
if you aren’t wearing your safety belt – even if
you have air bags. Wearing your safety belt
during a crash helps reduce your chance of
hitting things inside the vehicle or being
ejected from it. Air bags are designed to work
with safety belts but don’t replace them.
Frontal air bags for the driver and right front
passenger are designed to deploy only in
moderate to severe frontal and near frontal
crashes. They aren’t designed to inflate at all in
rollover, rear or low-speed frontal crashes, or in
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many side crashes. And, for some
unrestrained occupants, frontal air bags
may provide less protection in frontal crashes
than more forceful air bags have provided in
the past.
The side impact air bags for the driver and
right front passenger are designed to inflate
only in moderate to severe crashes where
something hits the side of your vehicle. They
aren’t designed to inflate in frontal, in rollover
or in rear crashes.
Everyone in your vehicle should wear a safety
belt properly – whether or not there’s an air
bag for that person.
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