1998 OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA Owners Manual

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OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA 1998  Owners Manual A CAUTION: 
Air bags  inflate  with  great force, faster  than  the 
blink  of an  eye. 
If you’re too  close to an  inflating 
air bag, it could seriously  injure you. Safety  belts 
help  keep  yo

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OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA 1998  Owners Manual How the Air Bag System Works 
Where  are  the air bags? 
The driver’s air bag  is  in  the  middle  of  the  steering  wheel.  The 
right  front  passenger’s  air bag is  in the instrument 
panel

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OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA 1998  Owners Manual If something is between an occupant  and  an  air 
bag,  the  bag  might not  inflate  properly  or  it 
might force  the  object  into  that person.  The  path 
of an inflating  air  bag must be kept

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OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA 1998  Owners Manual What makes  an  air bag inflate? 
In an  impact  of sufficient severity, the  air  bag sensing 
system  detects  that the vehicle  is in a crash.  The sensing 
system  triggers a release  of gas  from

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OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA 1998  Owners Manual 0 Air bags are designed to inflate only once. After they 
inflate,  you‘ll need some  new parts  for your air  bag 
system. 
If you  don’t get  them, the air bag  system 
won’t be there  to  hel

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OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA 1998  Owners Manual Adding  Equipment  to Your Air 
Bag-Equipped  Vehicle 
A: 
A: 
If I add  a push  bumper  or a bicycle  rack to the 
front 
of my  vehicle,  will  it  keep  the  air bags 
from  working  properly? 
As

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OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA 1998  Owners Manual Lap-Shoulder Belt 
The  positions  next to the  windows  have  lap-shoulder 
belts. Here’s how  to wear  one properly. 
1. Pick  up the  latch  plate and  pull  the  belt  across you. 
Don’t  let

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OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA 1998  Owners Manual I I I I 1 I I I I I 
3. To make the  lap  part tight, pull down  on  the buckle 
end  of the  belt  as  you  pull up on the shoulder part.  The 
lap  part  of  the  belt  should  be  worn  low  and  s