1995 CADILLAC DEVILLE Owners Manual

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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine How the Air Bug System Works
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Where is the air bag?
The driver's air bag is in the middle of the steering wheel. The right front
passsngor's air baq L. is in the instrument panel 011 the passenger's side.
When should an air bag inflate?
The air bag is designed to inflatc in moderate to scverc frontal or
newfrontal crashes. Thc air bag will inflate only if the impact speed is
above tllc system's dcsigned "threshold Icvzl." If your vehicle goes
straight
into a wall that docsn't nwvc' or deform. thc thresl~old level is
about
0 to 15 mph (14 to 24 km/h). The threshold level czm vav, however,
with spccific vehicle design, so that it can be somewhat above ;r below
this range.
If your vehicle strikes something that will move or deform,
such as a parked car, the threshold level will be higher. The air hag is not
designed to inflate in rollovers? side impacts, 01- rear impacts, because
inflation
would not help the occupant.
In any particular crash, no one can say whether an air bag should have
inflated simply because
of the damage to a vehicle or because of what the
repair costs were.
Inflation is determined by the angle of the impact and
the vehicle's deceleration. Vchicle damage
c. *is only one indication of this.
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In a frontal or near-frontal impact of sufficient severity. the air bag
sensing system detects that the vehicle
is suddenly stopping as a result of a
crash. The sensing system triggers a chemical reaction of the sodium azide
sealed in the inflator. The reaction produces nitrogen gas, which intlates
the air
bag. The inflator, air bag, and related hardware are all part of the
air bag modules packed inside the steering wheel and in the instrument
panel
in front of the right front passenger.
How does an air bag restrain?
In moderate to severe frontal or near-frontal collisions: even belted
occupants can contact the steering wheel or the instrument panel.
The air
bag supplements the protection provided by safcty belts. Air bags
distribute the force of the Impact more cvcnly over the occupant's upper
body, stopping the occupani. more gradually. But air bags would not help
you in. many types of collisions. including rotlovers and rear and side
impacts. primarily beca.use an. occupant's 1not.iorr is not toward the air bag-
Air bags c. should never be regarded as anything more than a supplement: to
sa.t.'ety belts. and, then ody ill nloderate 1.0 wwrt lronta! or nt';lr-trot?tal
collisions.
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