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Knowing your vehicle
Airbag non-inflation conditions
• In certain collisions, the vehicle
safety belts are sufficient to protect
the vehicle occupants and the
airbags may not deploy. In some
cases, deploying airbags in low-
speed collisions can cause a sec-
ondary impact to the occupants
(light abrasions, cuts, burns, etc.),
or loss of vehicle control.
• Frontal airbags are not designed to
inflate in rear collisions, because
occupants are moved backward by
the force of the impact.
In this
case, the airbags do not provide
proper protection.
• Front airbags may not inflate in
side impact collision, because
occupants move to the direction of
the collision, and thus in side
impacts, frontal airbag deployment
does not provide occupant protec-
tion.
However, side or curtain airbags
may inflate depending on the inten-
sity, vehicle speed and angles of
impact.
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