2003 Pontiac Bonneville Owner's Manual - Page 55

Here are the most important things to know about the air bag systems: The side impact air bags for the driver and right front passenger are designed to inflate only inmoderate to severe crashes where something hits the side of your vehicle. They aren't designed to inflate in frontal, in rollover or in rear crashes. Everyone in your vehicle shouldwear a safety belt properly - whether or not there'san air bag for that person. You camoe e :. ,, y l injured o ki...d in a crash r 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 designed to work with safety belts but don't replace them. I Frontal air bags for the driver and right front passenger are designed to deploy only in moderate to severe frontal and near frontal crashes. They aren't designed to inflate all in at rollover, rear or low-speed frontal crashes, in or many side crashes. And, for some unrestrained occupants, frontal air bags may provide less protection in frontal crashes than more forceful in air bags have provided the past. CAUTION: (Continued) 1-48