2001 CHEVROLET SILVERADO Owners Manual

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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
cle

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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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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 bag

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CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2001 1.G Owners Manual 1-31 Air Bag Off Switch (Regular Cab and
Extended Cab Models)
Your vehicle has a switch on the instrument panel that
you can use to turn off the right front passengers 
air bag. If your vehicle is a

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Medical Condition. A passenger has a medical
condition which, according to his or her physician:
causes the passenger air bag to pose a special risk
for the passenger; and
makes the potential h

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CAUTION:
If the air bag readiness light ever comes on when
you have turned off the air bag, it means that
something may be wrong with the air bag system.
The right front passengers air bag could

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CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2001 1.G Owners Manual 1-34 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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Q:What if I add a snow plow? Will it keep the 
air bags from working properly?
A:Weve designed our air bag systems to work
properly under a wide range of conditions,
including snow plowing with