1996 Chevrolet Cavalier Owner's Manual - Page 29

. Your Chevrolet has two a r bags -- one air bag for the i driver and another air bag for the right front passenger. Here are the most important thin,gsto know about the air bag system: To unlatch the belt, just push the button on the buckle. The belt should go back out of the way. Before you close the door, be sure the belt is out of the way. If you slam the door on it, you can damage both the belt and your vehicle. , Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) This part explains the Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) or air bag system. You can be severely injured orkilled in a crash if you aren't wearing yoursafety belt even if you have an airbag. Wearing yoursafety belt during a crash helps reduce your chance hitting things of inside the vehicle or being ejected.fromit. The air bag is only a ('supplemental restraint." That is, it works with safety belts but doesn't replace them. Air bags are designed to workonly in moderate to severe crashes where the front your vehicle hits of something. They aren'tdesigned to inflate at all in rollover, rear, side or low-speed frontal crashes. Everyone in your vehicle, including the driver, should wear a safety belt properly whether or not there's an air bag for that person. -- -- 1-19