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What makes an air bag inflate?

In an impact of sufficient severity, the air bag sensing

system detects that the vehicle is in a crash. For both

frontal and side impact air bags, the sensing system

triggers a release of gas from the inflator, which inflates

the air bag. The inflator, air bag and related hardware

are all part of the air bag modules inside the steering

wheel, instrument panel and the side of the front

seatbacks closest to the door.

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. In moderate to severe side

collisions, even belted occupants can contact the inside

of the vehicle. 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 the frontal air

bags would not help you in many types of collisions,

including rollovers, rear impacts, and side impacts,

primarily because an occupant’s motion is not toward

the air bag. Side impact air bags would not help you in

many types of collisions, including frontal or near

frontal collisions, rollovers, and rear impacts, primarily

because an occupant’s motion is not toward those air

bags. 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 for

the driver’s and right front passenger’s frontal air bags,

and only in moderate to severe side collisions for the

driver’s and right front passenger’s side impact air bags.

What will you see after an air bag inflates?

After an air bag inflates, it quickly deflates, so quickly

that some people may not even realize the air bag

inflated. Some components of the air bag module

-- the

steering wheel hub for the driver’s air bag, the

instrument panel for the right front passenger’s bag, the

side of the seatback closest to the door for the driver and

right front passenger’s side impact air bags

-- will be

hot for a short time. The parts of the bag that come into

contact with you may be warm, but not too hot to touch.

There will be some smoke and dust coming from the

vents in the deflated air bags. Air bag inflation doesn’t

prevent the driver from seeing or being able to steer the

vehicle, nor does it stop people from leaving the vehicle.

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