2006 PONTIAC SOLSTICE Owners Manual

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PONTIAC SOLSTICE 2006  Owners Manual Frontal airbags may in�ate at different crash speeds.
For example:
If the vehicle hits a stationary object, the airbags
could in�ate at a different crash speed than if the
vehicle hits a moving objec

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PONTIAC SOLSTICE 2006  Owners Manual What Will You See After an Airbag
In�ates?
After an airbag in�ates, it quickly de�ates, so quickly that
some people may not even realize the airbag in�ated.
Some components of the airbag module — th

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PONTIAC SOLSTICE 2006  Owners Manual In many crashes severe enough to in�ate an airbag,
windshields are broken by vehicle deformation. Additional
windshield breakage may also occur from the right front
passenger airbag.
Airbags are desi

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PONTIAC SOLSTICE 2006  Owners Manual The passenger sensing system works with sensors that
are part of the passenger’s seat. The sensors are
designed to detect the presence of a properly-seated
occupant and determine if the passenger’

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PONTIAC SOLSTICE 2006  Owners Manual The passenger sensing system is designed to turn off
the passenger’s frontal airbag if:
the passenger seat is unoccupied
the system determines that an infant is present in a
rear-facing infant sea

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PONTIAC SOLSTICE 2006  Owners Manual If a person of adult-size is sitting in the passenger’s seat,
but the off indicator is lit, it could be because that person
is not sitting properly in the seat. If this happens, turn the
vehicle off

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PONTIAC SOLSTICE 2006  Owners Manual Servicing Your Airbag-Equipped
Vehicle
Airbags affect how your vehicle should be serviced.
There are parts of the airbag system in several places
around your vehicle. You do not want the system to
in�

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PONTIAC SOLSTICE 2006  Owners Manual Adding Equipment to Your
Airbag-Equipped Vehicle
Q:Is there anything I might add to the front of the
vehicle that could keep the airbags from
working properly?
A:Yes. If you add things that change you