Chevrolet Cobalt owners manual page 60

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Thethresholdlevel can vary with speciﬁc vehicle design.HowDoesanAirbag Restrain? Sideimpactairbagsarenotintendedtoinﬂateinfrontalor near-frontal impacts, rollovers or rear impacts. A sideIn moderate to severe frontal or near frontal collisions, impact airbag is intended to deploy on the side of theeven belted occupants can contact the steering wheel or vehicle that is struck. the instrument panel. In moderate to severe side In any particular crash, no one can say whether ancollisions, even belted occupants can contact the inside airbag should have inﬂated simply because of theof the vehicle. The airbag supplements the protection damage to a vehicle or because of what the repair costsprovided by safety belts. Airbags distribute the force of were. For frontal airbags, inﬂation is determined bythe impact more evenly over the occupant’s upper the angle of the impact and how quickly the vehiclebody, stopping the occupant more gradually. But the slows down in frontal or near-frontal impacts. For sidefrontal airbags would not help you in many types impact airbags, inﬂation is determined by the locationof collisions, including rollovers, rear impacts, and many and severity of the impact. side impacts, primarily because an occupant’s motion is not toward the airbag. Side impact airbags would not What Makes an Airbag Inﬂate? help you in many types of collisions, including frontal or near frontal collisions, rollovers, and rear impacts, In an impact of sufficient severity, the airbag sensingprimarily because an occupant’s motion is not toward system detects that the vehicle is in a crash. Forthose airbags. Airbags should never be regarded both frontal and side impact airbags, the sensing systemas anything more than a supplement to safety belts, and triggers a release of gas from the inﬂator, whichthen only in moderate to severe frontal or near-frontal inﬂates the airbag. The inﬂator, airbag, and relatedcollisions for the driver’s and right front passenger’s hardware are all part of the airbag modules inside thefrontal airbags, and only in moderate to severe steering wheel and in the instrument panel in front of theside collisions for side impact airbags. right front passenger. For vehicles with side impact airbags, the airbag modules are located in the ceiling of the vehicle, near the side windows. 1-54

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