2000 Oldsmobile Intrigue Owner's Manuals

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Oldsmobile Intrigue 2000  Owners Manuals 1-21
Supplemental Restraint System (SRS)
This part explains the Supplemental Restraint System
(SRS) or air bag system.
Your vehicle has air bags 
-- one air bag for the driver
and another air bag for

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Oldsmobile Intrigue 2000  Owners Manuals 1-22
CAUTION:
Air bags inflate with great force, faster than the
blink of an eye. If youre too close to an inflating
air bag, as you would be if you were leaning
forward, it could seriously injure yo

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Oldsmobile Intrigue 2000  Owners Manuals 1-23 How the Air Bag System Works
Where are the air bags?
The drivers air bag is in the middle of the 
steering wheel.
The right front passengers air bag is in the instrument
panel on the passenger

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Oldsmobile Intrigue 2000  Owners Manuals 1-24
CAUTION:
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 clear

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Oldsmobile Intrigue 2000  Owners Manuals 1-25
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 the inflat

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Oldsmobile Intrigue 2000  Owners Manuals 1-26
In many crashes severe enough to inflate an air bag,
windshields are broken by vehicle deformation.
Additional windshield breakage may also occur from the
right front passenger air bag.
Air bags

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Oldsmobile Intrigue 2000  Owners Manuals 1-27 Servicing Your Air Bag-Equipped Vehicle
Air bags affect how your vehicle should be serviced.
There are parts of the air bag system in several places
around your vehicle. You dont want the system

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Oldsmobile Intrigue 2000  Owners Manuals 1-28
1. Pick up the latch plate and pull the belt across you.
Dont let it get twisted.
The shoulder belt may lock if you pull the belt across
you very quickly. If this happens, let the belt go back
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