1995 Oldsmobile 88 Owner's Manual - Page 28

How does an airbag restrain? In moderate to severe frontal or near-frontal collisions, even belted occupants contact the steering wheel can or the instrument panel. air bag supplements The @e protection provided by safety belts. bags distribute Air the force of the impact more evenly over the occupant's upper body, stopping the occupant more gradually. But air bags would not help you many typesof collisions, in including rollovers and rear and impacts, primarily side because an occupant's motionis not towardthe air bag. Air bags should never be regarded anything more as than a supplement safety belts, and then only in to moderate to severe frontal or near-frontal collisions. In many crashes severe enough to inflate an air bag, What wyou see after an air bag inflates? l i windshields are broken vehicle deformation. by After the air bag inflates, it quickly deflates.This occurs Additional windshield breakage may occur from the also so quickly thatsome people may not even realize the air right front passenger air bag. bag inflated.Some components of the a r bag modulein i The air bags are designedto inflate only once. After the steering wheel hub the driver's air bag, or the for they inflate, you'll need some new parts for your air instrument panel for the rightfront passenger's bag, will bag system.If you don't get them, the air bag system be hot for a short time, but the part the bag thatcomes of won't be there to help protect you another crash. in into contact with you will not hot to the touch. be There A new system will include air modules and bag will be some smoke and dustcoming from vents in the possibly other parts. The service manualfor your deflated air bags. Air bag inflation will not prevent the vehicle covers the need replace other parts. to driver from seeing or from being able to steer the vehicle, nor will it stop people from leaving the vehicle.