1997 Pontiac Grand Am Owner's Manual - Page 33

In many crashes severe enough toinflate an air bag, windshields are broken by vehicle deformation. Additional windshieldbreakage may also occur from the right front passenger air bag. 0 0 Let only qualified technicians work on your air bag system. Improper service can mean that your air bag system won't work properly. your dealer See for service. 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 bethere to help protect you inanother crash. A new system willinclude air bag modules and possibly otherparts. The service manual for your vehicle covers the need to replace other parts. Your vehicle is equipped with a crash sensing and diagnostic module, whichrecords information about the air bag system. The module records infomation about thereadiness of the system, when the sensors areactivated and driver's safety belt usage at deployment. NOTICE: If you damage the covering for the driver's or the right frontpassenger's air bag, the bag may not air work properly. You may have to replace the bag module in the steering wheel both the air or bag moduleand the instrument panel for the right frontpassenger's air bag. Do not open or break the air bag coverings. 0 1-26