2003 Buick Rendezvous Owner's Manual - Page 82

Here are the most important things to know about the air bag systems: The side ir..,-act -.r bags for the river and right front passenger are designed to inflate only in moderate to severe crashes wheresomething hits the side of your vehicle. They aren't designed to inflate in frontal, in rollover or in rear crashes. ~ You can be severely injured or killed in a crasn if you aren't wearing your safety belt even if you have air bags. Wearing your safety belt during a crash helps reduce your chance of hitting things inside the vehicle or being ejected from it. Air bags are designed to work with safety belts but don't replace them. Frontal air bags for the driver and right front passenger are designed to work onlyin moderate to severe crashes where the front of your vehicle hits something. They aren't designed to inflate at all in rollover, rear or low-speed frontal crashes, or in many side crashes.. And; for some unrestrained occupants, frontal air bags may provide less protection in frontal crashes than more forceful air bags have provided in the past. CAUTION: (Continued) Everyone in your vehicle should wear a safety belt properly - whether or not there's an air bag for that person. 1-75