Chevrolet Silverado 2004 Specifications download pdf (Page 78)

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Single Stage vs. Dual Stage Air Bags

Depending on the weight of your vehicle you will

have either “Single Stage Air Bags” or “Dual Stage Air

Bags”. Vehicles that have a passenger sensing

system also have dual stage air bags. If the rearview

mirror in your vehicle has a passenger air bag

status indicator printed on it, your vehicle has the

passenger sensing system and therefore, it has dual

stage air bags. If the rearview mirror in your vehicle does

not have a passenger air bag status indicator printed

on it, then your vehicle does not have the passenger

sensing system and it has single stage air bags.

See

Passenger Air Bag Status Indicator on page 3-40

Passenger Sensing System on page 1-80

Dual Stage Air Bags

If your vehicle has frontal air bags with dual stage

deployment, the amount of restraint will adjust according

to crash severity. For moderate frontal impacts, these

air bags inﬂate at a level less than full deployment. For

more severe frontal impacts, full deployment occurs.

If the front of your vehicle goes straight into a wall that

does not move or deform, the threshold level for the

reduced deployment is about 10 to 16 mph

(16 to 25 km/h), and the threshold level for a full

deployment is about 20 to 25 mph (32 to 40 km/h). The

threshold level can vary, however, with speciﬁc

vehicle design, so that it can be somewhat above or

below this range.

If your vehicle strikes something that will move or

deform, such as a parked car, the threshold level will be

higher. The air bag is not designed to inﬂate in

rollovers, rear impacts, or in many side impacts because

inﬂation would not help the occupant.

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