2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Extended Cab Owner Manual - Page 88
2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Extended Cab Manual
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3-28 Seats and Restraints Additional windshield breakage may also occur from the front outboard passenger airbag. . off the fuel system after the airbags inflate. You can lock the doors, turn off the interior lamps, and turn off the hazard warning flashers by using the controls for those features. an airbag system will not work properly. See your dealer for service. { Warning A crash severe enough to inflate the airbags may have also damaged important functions in the vehicle, such as the fuel system, brake and steering systems, etc. Even if the vehicle appears to be drivable after a moderate crash, there may be concealed damage that could make it difficult to safely operate the vehicle. Use caution if you should attempt to restart the engine after a crash has occurred. In many crashes severe enough to inflate the airbag, windshields are broken by vehicle deformation. Airbags are designed to inflate only once. After an airbag inflates, you will need some new parts for the airbag system. If you do not get them, the airbag system will not be there to help protect you in another crash. A new system will include airbag modules and possibly other parts. The service manual for the vehicle covers the need to replace other parts. The vehicle has a crash sensing and diagnostic module which records information after a crash. See Vehicle Data Recording and Privacy on page 13-13 and Event Data Recorders on page 13-14. Let only qualified technicians work on the airbag systems. Improper service can mean that Airbag On-Off Switch If the passenger side instrument panel endcap has the switch pictured in the following illustration, the vehicle has an airbag on-off switch that you can use to manually turn on or off the front outboard passenger frontal airbag. See Instrument Panel on page 1-2. . . If the vehicle does not have an airbag on-off switch, it may have a passenger sensing system. See Passenger Sensing System on page 3-30.