1995 Chevrolet Cavalier Owner's Manual - Page 32

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It is possible that in a crashonly one of the two air bags in your Cavalier will deploy. This is rare, but can happen in a crashjust severe enoughto make an air bag inflate. In any particular crash, no one can say whether an air bag should have inflated simply because of the damage to a vehicle or because of what the repair costs were. Inflation is determined by the angle of the impact and the vehicle's deceleration. Vehicle damage is only one indication of this. How does an air bag restrain? In moderate to severe frontal or near-frontal collisions, even belted occupants can contact the steering wheel or the instrument panel. The air bag supplements the protection provided by safety belts. Air bags distribute 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 in many types of collisions, including rollovers and rear and side impacts, primarily because an occupant's motion is not toward the air bag. Air bags should never be regarded as anything more than a supplement to safety belts, and then only in moderate to severe frontal or near-frontal collisions, What makesan air bag inflate? In a frontal or near-frontal impact of sufficient severity, the air bag sensingsystem detects that the vehicle is suddenly stopping as a result of a crash.The sensing system triggers a chemical reaction of the sodium azide sealed in the inflator. The reaction produces nitrogen gas, which inflates the air bag. The inflator, air bag, and related hardware areall part of the air bag modules packed inside the steering wheel and in the instrument panel in front of the right front passenger. What will you see after an air bag inflates? After the air bag inflates, it quickly deflates. This occurs so quickly that some people may not even realize the air bag inflated. Some components of the air bag module in 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, but the part of the bag that comes into contact with you will not be hot to the touch. There will be some smokeand dust coming from vents in the deflated air bags. Air bag inflation will not prevent the driver from seeing or from being able to steer the vehicle, nor will it stop people from leaving the vehicle. 1-22

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It is possible that in a
crash
only
one
of the two
air
bags
in your Cavalier will deploy. This is rare, but can happen
in a
crash
just severe
enough
to
make an air bag inflate.
In any particular crash,
no
one can say whether an air
bag should have inflated simply because of
the damage
to a vehicle or because of what the repair costs were.
Inflation
is
determined by the angle
of
the impact and
the vehicle’s deceleration. Vehicle damage
is
only one
indication of this.
What
makesan air bag
inflate?
In a frontal or near-frontal impact
of
sufficient severity,
the air
bag
sensing
system detects that the vehicle is
suddenly stopping as a result
of
a
crash. The sensing
system triggers a chemical reaction of
the
sodium azide
sealed in the inflator. The reaction produces nitrogen
gas, which inflates the air bag. The inflator, air bag, and
related hardware
are all part
of
the
air bag modules
packed inside the steering wheel and in the instrument
panel in front
of
the
right front passenger.
How
does an air bag
restrain?
In moderate
to
severe frontal or near-frontal collisions,
even belted occupants
can
contact the steering wheel or
the instrument panel. The air bag supplements
the
protection provided by safety belts. Air bags distribute
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
in
many types
of
collisions,
including rollovers and rear and side impacts, primarily
because an occupant’s motion is
not
toward the air bag.
Air bags should never be regarded as anything more
than a supplement to safety belts, and then only in
moderate to severe frontal or near-frontal collisions,
What
will
you
see
after an air
bag
inflates?
After the air bag inflates,
it
quickly deflates. This
occurs
so
quickly that some people may
not
even realize the air
bag inflated. Some components of
the air bag module
in
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, but the part
of
the bag that comes
into contact with
you
will
not
be
hot to the touch. There
will be
some
smoke and dust coming
from vents in the
deflated air bags. Air bag inflation will
not
prevent the
driver from seeing or from being able
to
steer
the
vehicle, nor will
it
stop people from leaving the vehicle.
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