1997 Pontiac Bonneville Owner's Manual - Page 30

In many crashes severe enough to inflate an air bag, windshields are broken by vehicle deformation. Additional windshield breakage may also occur from the right front passenger air bag. 0 NOTICE: If you damage the covering for the driver's or the right frontpassenger's air bag, the bag may not work properly. You may have to replace theair bag module in the steering wheel or both the air bag moduleand the instrument panel for the right front passenger's air bag. Do not open or break the air bag coverings. Air bags are designed to inflate only once. After they inflate, you'll need some new parts for your air bag system. If you don't get them, the air bag system won't be there to help protect you in another crash. A new system will include air bag modules and possibly other parts. The service manual for your vehicle covers the need to replace other parts. Your vehicle is equipped with a crash sensing and diagnostic module, which records information about the air bag system. The module records information about the readiness of the system, when the sensors are activated and driver's safety belt usage at deployment. bag system. Improper service can mean that your air bag system won't work properly. See your dealer for service. 0 Servicing Your Air Bag-Equipped Pontiac Air bags affect how your Pontiac should be serviced. There are parts of the air bag system in several places around your vehicle. You don't want the system to inflate while someone is working on your vehicle. Your Pontiac dealer and the Bonneville Service Manual have information about servicing your vehicle and the air bag system. To purchase a service manual, see "Service and Owner Publications" in theIndex. e Let only qualified technicians work on your air 1-23