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impacts, or rear impacts, because inflation would not help the occupant. It is possible that a crashonly one of the two air ,bags in _...> . . in your Pontiac will deploy. ishare, but can happen This in a crash just severe enough to make a r bag inflate. an i , How does an air bag restrain? In moderate to severe frontal or near-frontal collisions, ,.., '\, .~ In any particular crash,no one can say whetheran air bag should have inflated simply because the damage of to a vehicle or becausewhat the repair costs were. of Inflation is determined the angle of the impact and by the vehicle's deceleration. Vehicle damage only one is indication of this. What makes an 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 a crash.The sensing of system triggers a chemical reaction of the sodium azide sealed in the inflator. The reaction produces nitrogen gas, which inflates the air bag. inflator, air bag, and The related hardware are all part the air bag modules of packed inside the steering wheel and the instrument in panel in front the rightfront passenger. of evep belted occqymts can contact the . steering wheel or the instrument panel. air bag supplements the 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 gradhdly. But air bags would not help you in many typesof kollisions, including rollovers and rear side impacts, primarily and because an occupant's motion is toward the air bag. not Air bags shouldnever be regarded as anythingmore than a supplement to safety belts, and then od$ in moderate tosevere frontal or near-frontalcolliiions. What will you see after air bag an inflates?:.: After the air bag inflates, quickly deflates. &is occurs it so quickly thatsome people may not even realize the air bag inflated.Some components of the air bagmodule in the steering wheel for the driver'sair bag, or the hub instrument panel for the right front passenger's bag, will be hot for a short time, the part of the bag that comes but into contact with you will not be to the touch. There hot will be some smoke and dust corning from vents in the deflated air bags. bag inflation willnot prevent the Air driver from seeing or from being able to steer the vehicle, nor will stop people from leavingthe vehicle. it 1i i 1-23

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impacts,
or
rear
impacts,
because
inflation
would
not
help
the
occupant.
It
is
possible
that
in
a
crash
only
one of the two air ,bags
in
your
Pontiac
will
deploy.
This ishare, 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
makes
an
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,
,‘.\.,,
evep
.
belted occqymts 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 gradhdly. But
air
bags
would
not
help
you
in many
types
of
kollisions,
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 anythingmore
than a supplement to safety
belts,
and
then
od$
in
moderate
to severe frontal or
near-frontal colliiions.
What
will
you
see after
an
air
bag
inflates?:.:
1
i
After
the
air
bag
inflates,
it quickly
deflates.
&is 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
corning
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.
i
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