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SIDE-IMPACT, CURTAIN SIDE-IMPACT, AND CURTAIN SIDE-IMPACT/ROLLOVER
AIR BAG SYSTEMS
Supplemental side-impact air bags, curtain side-impact air bags, or curtain side-
impact/rollover air bags are available on all 2021 INFINITI vehicles. Side-impact air
bags are located on the outboard side of the front seat backs. Curtain side-impact
air bags and curtain side-impact/rollover air bags (if so equipped) are located in the
left and right side roof rails or in the upper part of the front door panels.
Side-impact air bags, curtain side-impact air bags, and curtain side-impact/rollover
air bags are designed to inflate in higher-severity side collisions, on the side where
the vehicle is impacted. However, they may inflate if the forces in another type of
collision are similar to those of a higher-severity side-impact. On some models, both
curtain side-impact/rollover air bags may inflate in a higher-severity side collision,
depending on the collision forces. Curtain side-impact/rollover air bags are also
designed to inflate in rollovers. In a rollover, both curtain side-impact/rollover air
bags will inflate.
Side-impact air bags and curtain side-impact air bags are activated primarily in
lateral collisions, whereas curtain side-impact/rollover air bags are activated in either
a lateral collision or a rollover event. Since a rollover event lasts longer than a side-
impact event, curtain side-impact/rollover air bags are designed to remain inflated
longer than curtain side-impact air bags.
Side air bags, along with proper use of seat belts, help to cushion the impact force
to the head and chest of the front occupants. In most INFINITI vehicles, curtain side-
impact air bags also help in certain accidents to cushion the impact force to the
head of rear outboard-seated occupants. These air bags can help save lives and
reduce serious injury. However, an inflating side-impact air bag, curtain side-impact
air bag, or curtain side-impact/rollover air bag may cause abrasions or other injuries.
Refer to your owner’s manual for information on how your vehicle is equipped.
Like front air bags, an inflated side-impact air bag as well as an inflated curtain side-
impact air bag will deflate soon after the collision is over. As noted above, an
inflated curtain side-impact/rollover air bag will remain inflated for a short time
afterward. See REPLACING THE AIR BAGS earlier in this guide.
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OTHER SPECIFICS ABOUT SIDE-IMPACT, CURTAIN SIDE-IMPACT, AND CURTAIN
SIDE-IMPACT/ROLLOVER AIR BAG SYSTEMS
Do not allow anyone sitting in the front seat to extend his or her hand out the
window or lean against the door.
When sitting in the rear, do not hold onto the seatbacks of the front seats, hang
anything from the head restraint or push or pull on the seatback pocket as this
may interfere with the proper operation of the air bag systems. Be especially
careful with children, who should always be properly seated and restrained in the
rear seat.
Do not allow anyone to place their hand, leg or face near the side-impact air
bag modules on the seatbacks of the front seats or near the curtain side-impact
air bag modules in the roof rails or in the front door panels, or by the outboard
rear-seat mounted side impact air bags (if so equipped).
Curtain side-impact/rollover air bags are designed to inflate not only in rollovers,
but also in certain near rollover situations. As a result, certain vehicle movements
(for example, during severe off-road driving) may cause these air bags to inflate.
See the vehicle owner's manual for other important safety information about side-
impact, curtain side-impact, and curtain side-impact/rollover air bag systems and
how your vehicle is equipped.
WHENEVER A CHILD IS IN YOUR VEHICLE
The risk of serious or fatal injury to children in automobile collisions can be reduced
with a properly installed child restraint. Before you install a child restraint in your
vehicle, please consult the vehicle owner’s manual and the child restraint
manufacturer’s instructions for proper
installation.
Child restraints for infants must be used in a
rear-facing direction and therefore must never
be used in the front seat. An inflating front
passenger air bag could seriously injure or kill a
child improperly placed in the front passenger
seat. According to statistics, children are safer
when properly restrained in the rear seat than in
the front seat. INFINITI and the federal
government recommend that children twelve
(12) and under should ride in the rear seat,
properly secured in child restraints, booster
seats, or seat belts, according to their size.
CHILD SAFETY
