Chevrolet S 10 owners manual page 56

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WhenShould an Air Bag Inﬂate? What Makes an Air Bag Inﬂate? An air bag is designed to inﬂate in a moderate to severeIn an impact of sufficient severity, the air bag sensing frontal, or near-frontal crash. The air bag will inﬂatesystem detects that the vehicle is in a crash. The only if the impact speed is above the system’s designedsensing system triggers a release of gas from the 'threshold level'. If your vehicle goes straight into ainﬂator, which inﬂates the air bag. The inﬂator, air bag, wall that doesn’t move or deform, the threshold level isand related hardware are all part of the air bag about 9 to 16 mph (14 to 26 km/h). The thresholdmodules inside the steering wheel and in the instrument level can vary, however, with speciﬁc vehicle design, sopanel in front of the right front passenger. that it can be somewhat above or below this range. If your vehicle strikes something that will move or deform,HowDoesanAirBagRestrain? such as a parked car, the threshold level will be higher. The air bag is not designed to inﬂate in rollovers,In moderate to severe frontal or near-frontal collisions, rear impacts, or in many side impacts because inﬂationeven belted occupants can contact the steering wheel or would not help the occupant. the instrument panel. Air bags supplement the In any particular crash, no one can say whether an airprotection provided by safety belts. Air bags distribute bag should have inﬂated simply because of the damagethe force of the impact more evenly over the occupant’s to a vehicle or because of what the repair costs were.upper body, stopping the occupant more gradually. Inﬂation is determined by the angle of the impactBut air bags would not help you in many types of and how quickly the vehicle slows down in frontal orcollisions, including rollovers, rear impacts and many near-frontal impacts. side impacts, primarily because an occupant’s motion is The air bag system is designed to work properly undernot toward those air bags. Air bags should never be a wide range of conditions, including off-road usage.regarded as anything more than a supplement to safety Observe safe driving speeds, especially on roughbelts, and then only in moderate to severe frontal or terrain. As always, wear your safety belt. See Off-Roadnear-frontal collisions. Driving with Your Four-Wheel-Drive Vehicle on page4-14 for more tips on off-road driving. 1-50

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