Chevrolet 2004 Monte Carlo Spécifications télécharger pdf (Page 60)

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 the 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. Frontal air

bag modules are located inside the steering wheel

and instrument panel. For vehicles with a driver’s side

impact air bag, the air bag modules are located in

the seatback closest to the driver’s 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. A 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

an 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 vehicles with a

driver’s side impact air bag.

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