Chevrolet Cobalt owners manual page 59

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WhenShould an Airbag Inﬂate? The threshold level can vary, however, with speciﬁc vehicle design, so that it can be somewhat above The driver’s and right front passenger’s frontal airbagsor below this range. are designed to inﬂate in moderate to severe frontalAirbags may inﬂate at different crash speeds. or near-frontal crashes. But they are designed to inﬂateFor example: only if the impact exceeds a predetermined deployment• If the vehicle hits a stationary object, the airbag threshold. Deployment thresholds take into accountcould inﬂate at a different crash speed than if a variety of desired deployment and non-deploymentthe object were moving. events and are used to predict how severe a crash is likely to be in time for the airbags to inﬂate and help• If the object deforms, the airbag could inﬂate at restrain the occupants. Whether your frontal airbagsa different crash speed than if the object does will or should deploy is not based on how fast yournot deform. vehicle is traveling. It depends largely on what you hit,• If the vehicle hits a narrow object (like a pole) the the direction of the impact and how quickly yourairbag could inﬂate at a different crash speed vehicle slows down. than if the vehicle hits a wide object (like a wall). In addition, your vehicle has “dual-stage” frontal airbags,• If the vehicle goes into an object at an angle the which adjust the restraint according to crash severity. Your vehicle is equipped with electronic frontal sensorsairbag could inﬂate at a different crash speed which help the sensing system distinguish between athan if the vehicle goes straight into the object. moderate frontal impact and a more severe frontalFrontal airbags (driver and right front passenger) are not impact. For moderate frontal impacts, these airbagsintended to inﬂate during vehicle rollovers, rear inﬂate at a level less than full deployment. Forimpacts, or in many side impacts. more severe frontal impacts, full deployment occurs. IfYour vehicle may or may not have side impact airbags. the front of your vehicle goes straight into a wallSeeAirbagSystemonpage1-48.Sideimpactairbags that does not move or deform, the threshold level forare intended to inﬂate in moderate to severe side the reduced deployment is about 12 to 16 mphcrashes. A side impact airbag will inﬂate if the crash (19 to 26 km/h), and the threshold level for a fullseverity is above the system’s designed threshold level. deployment is about 18 to 24 mph (29 to 38.5 km/h). 1-53

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