2018 INFINITI Consumer Safety & Air Bag Information Guide 1
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT AIR BAGS
Air bags are a supplemental restraint system designed to enhance the protection provided by the
seat belt system during certain types of collisions. Supplemental driver and front passenger air
bags, side-impact air bags, and curtain side-impact air bags are standard on all 2018 INFINITI
vehicles. On some INFINITI vehicles, the curtain side-impact air bags are also equipped with a
rollover sensing function. In addition, driver and passenger supplemental knee airbags are
equipped on some vehicles: these air bags inflate in conjunction with the front air bags in certain
collisions. See your vehicle owner’s manual for information about your air bag systems.
Please remember always to wear your seat belt, and never use a rear-facing child restraint in the
front passenger seat. See page 12 of this guide for important information about child restraint
use.
FASTER THAN THE EYE CAN BLINK
In a collision, a lot can happen in just one second. It takes a short time for the system to decide
to deploy. At 0.01 seconds, a front air bag begins to inflate. At 0.04 seconds, it is fully inflated.
By 0.1 seconds after inflation, it has done its job and is deflating. Considering the speed of these
events, it is not surprising that many people involved in a frontal collision do not initially realize
that their air bags inflated.
0.01 SECONDS INFLATING BEGINS 0.04 SECONDS AIR BAG IS INFLATED 0.1 SECONDS DEFLATING BEGINS
AIR BAG PROTECTION
