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The driver’s side impact air bag is designed to inflate in

moderate to severe side crashes involving the driver’s

door. The side impact air bag will inflate if the crash

severity is above the system’s designed “threshold

level.” The threshold level can vary with specific

vehicle design. The driver’s side impact air bag is not

designed to inflate in frontal or near

-frontal impacts,

rollovers or rear impacts, because inflation would not

help the occupant.

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. For

frontal air bags, inflation is determined by the angle of

the impact and how quickly the vehicle slows down in

frontal and near-frontal impacts. For the side impact air

bag, inflation is determined by the location and severity

of the impact.

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 driver’s

seatback 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 many side

impacts, primarily because an occupant’s motion is not

toward the air bag. The side impact air bag would not

help you in many types of collisions, including frontal

or near frontal collisions, rollovers, and rear impacts,

primarily because the occupant’s motion is not toward

that air bag. 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 side impact air bag.

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