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Safety features of your vehicle
Side impact and curtain air bags
Side impact and curtain air bags are
gnerally designed to inflate in moderate
to severe side collisions. The impact
forces measured by the side impact sen-
sors and SRS control module determine
whether or not to inflate the side impact
airbags.Although the front air bags (driver’s and
front passenger’s air bags) are designed
to inflate only in frontal collisions, they
also may inflate in other types of colli-
sions if the front impact sensors detect a
sufficient impact. Side impact and curtain
air bags are designed to inflate only in
side impact collisions, but they may
inflate in other collisions if the side
impact sensors detect a sufficient
impact.
If the vehicle chassis is impacted by
bumps or objects on unimproved roads,
the air bags may deploy. Drive carefully
on unimproved roads or on surfaces not
designed for vehicle traffic to prevent
unintended air bag deployment.
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Air bag non-inflation conditions
In certain low-speed collisions the air
bags may not deploy. The air bags are
designed not to deploy in such cases
because they may not provide occu-
pants protection beyond the protection
of the seat belts in such collisions.
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Frontal airbags may not inflate in"under-ride" collisions where the colli-
sion energy is absorbed above the
vehicle's front bumper. Side impact and curtain air bags may
not inflate in rollover accidents. Unless
the side of the vehicles is struck with
sufficient force to cause airbag inflation
to occur. Air bags may not inflate if the vehicle
collides with objects such as a utility
pole or tree, where the point of impact
is concentrated and the collision ener-
gy is absorbed by the vehicle structure.
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