1998 GMC Jimmy Owner's Manual - Page 39

Here are the most important things to know about the air bag system: A CAUTION: Air bags inflate with great force, faster than the blink of an eye. If you're too close to an inflating air bag, it could seriouslyinjure you. This is true even with reduced-force frontal air bags. Safety belts help keep you in position before during and a crash. Always wear your safety belt, even with reduced-force air bags. The drivershould sit as far back as possible whilestill maintaining control of the vehicle. You can be severelyinjured orkilled in a crash if you aren't wearing your safety belt even if you have air bags. Wearing your safety belt during a crash helps reduce your chance of hitting things inside the vehicle or being ejected from it. Air bags are "supplemental restraints" to the safety belts. All air bags even reduced-force air bags are designed to work with safety belts, but don't replace them. Air bags are designed to work only in moderate to severe crashes where the frontof your vehicle hits something. They aren't designed to inflate at all in rollover, rear, side or low-speed frontal crashes. And, for unrestrained occupants, reduced-force air bags may provide less protection in frontal crashes than more forceful air bags have provided in the past. Everyone in your vehicle should wear a safety belt properly whether or not there's an air bag for thatperson. -- -- -- -- 1-24