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b e heard and some smoke will b e released . These oc c
urrenc es are
normal result of the d ep loyment. This smoke d oes no t ind ic ate a fire in
the vehic le.
The SRS frontal airb ag is d esig ned to d ep loy in the event of an ac c i-
d ent involving a mod erate to severe frontal c ollisi on. It is b asic ally not
d esig ned to d ep loy in lesser frontal imp ac ts b ec aus e the nec essary
p rotec tion c an b e ac hieved b y the seatb elt alone. A lso, it is b asic ally
not d esig ned to d ep loy in sid e or rear imp ac ts or i n roll-over ac c i-
d ents b ec ause d ep loyment of the SRS frontal airb ag would not help
the oc c up ant in those situations. The SRS airb ag is d esig ned to func -
tion on a one-time-only b asis.
SRS airb ag d ep loyment d ep end s on the level of forc e exp erienc ed in
the p asseng er c omp artment d uring a c ollision. That level d iffers from
one typ e of c ollision to another, and it may have n o b earing on the
visib le d amag e d one to the vehic le itself. n Examples of accident in which the SRS frontal airbag will most
likely deploy.
A head -on c ollision ag ainst a thic k c onc rete wall a t a vehic le sp eed of
12 to 19 mp h (20 to 30 km/h) ac tivates the SRS fron tal airb ag . The
SRS frontal airb ag will also b e ac tivated when the vehic le is exp osed
to a frontal imp ac t similar in fashion and mag nitud e to the ab ove-men-
tioned c ollision.
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The vehicle strikes a tele- phone pole or similar ob- ject.
The vehicle slides under a truck
’s load bed. The vehicle sustains anoblique offset frontal im- pact.
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Examples of the types of accidents in which the SRS frontal
airbag will basically not deploy.
The SRS frontal airb ag is b asic ally not d esig ned to d ep loy if the
vehic le is struc k from sid e or from b ehind , or if i t rolls onto its sid e or
roof, or if it is involved in a low-sp eed frontal c ollision.
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The vehicle is struck from behind.
The vehicle is struck fromthe side.The vehicle rolls onto itsside or roof.
In an ac c id ent where the vehic le is imp ac ted more t
han onc e, the
SRS frontal airb ag d ep loys only onc e on the first i mp ac t.
Examp le: In the c ase of a d oub le c ollision, first w ith another vehic le,
then ag ainst a c onc rete wall in immed iate suc c essio n, the SRS frontal
airb ag is ac tivated on the first imp ac t b ut not on the sec ond .