Pontiac Sunfire owners manual page 38

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What makes an air bag inflate?What will you see after an air bag inflates? In an impact of sufficient severity, the air bag sensingAfter an air bag inflates, it quickly deflates, so quickly system detects that the vehicle is in a crash. The sensingthat some people may not even realize the air bag system triggers a release of gas from the inflator, whichinflated. Some components of the air bag module -- the inflates the air bag. The inflator, air bag and relatedsteering wheel hub for the driver’s air bag, or the hardware are all part of the air bag modules inside theinstrument panel for the right front passenger’s steering wheel and in the instrument panel in front of thebag -- will be hot for a short time. The parts of the bag right front passenger. that come into contact with you may be warm, but not How does an air bag restrain?too hot to touch. There will be some smoke and dust coming from vents in the deflated air bags. Air bag In moderate to severe frontal or near-frontal collisions,inflation doesn’t prevent the driver from seeing or from even belted occupants can contact the steering wheel or thebeing able to steer the vehicle, nor does it stop people instrument panel. Air bags supplement the protectionfrom leaving the vehicle. provided by safety belts. Air bags distribute the force of the impact more evenly over the occupant’s upper body,CAUTION: stopping the occupant more gradually. But air bags would not help you in many types of collisions, including rollovers, rear impacts and side impacts, primarily becauseWhen an air bag inflates, there is dust in the air. an occupant’s motion is not toward those air bags. AirThis dust could cause breathing problems for bags should never be regarded as anything more than apeople with a history of asthma or other supplement to safety belts, and then only in moderate tobreathing trouble. To avoid this, everyone in the severe frontal or near-frontal collisions.vehicle should get out as soon as it is safe to do so. If you have breathing problems but can’t get out of the vehicle after an air bag inflates, then get fresh air by opening a window or door. 1-26

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