1995 Buick Park Avenue Owner's Manual - Page 35

Air bags should never -beregarded as anythingmore than a supplementto safety belts, and then only in moderate to severe frontal or near-frontal collisions. What will you see after an bag inflates? air After the airbag inflates, itquickly deflates. Thisoccurs so quickly that some people may not even realize the air bag inflated. Some components the air bag module in of the steering wheel hub for the driver's air bag, or the instrument panel for the right front passenger's bag, will be hot for a short time, the partof the bag that comes but into contactwith you will not be hot to thetouch. There will be some smokeand dust coming from vents in the deflated a r bags. Air bag inflation willnot prevent the i driver from seeing or from being able to steer the vehicle, norwill it stop people from leaving the vehicle. 0 The airbags are designed to inflate only once. After they inflate, you'll need some new parts foryour air bag system.If you don't get them, the air bag system won't be there to help protectyou in another crash. A new system will include air modules and bag possibly other parts. The service manual for your vehicle covers the need to replace other parts. Your vehicle is equipped with a diagnosticmodule, which records informationabout the air bag system. The module records information about readiness the of the system,when the sensors are activated and driver's safety belt usageat deployment. 0 1-23