Chevrolet 1997 Cavalier Owner's Manual download pdf (Page 36)

How does an air bag restrain?

moderate to severe frontal or near-frontal collisions,

even belted occupants can contact the steering wheel or the

instrument panel.

Air

bags supplement 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 air bags would

not help

you

in many types of collisions, including

rollovers,

rear

impacts and side impacts, primarily because

an occupant’s motion

not toward those air bags.

Air

bags should never

regarded as anything more than a

supplement to safety belts,

and

then only in moderate to

severe frontal or near-frontal collisions.

What will you see after an air bag inflates?

After an

air

bag inflates, it quickly deflates,

quickly

that some people may not even realize the air bag

inflated. Some components of the air bag module in the

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

instrument panel for the right front passenger’s bag, 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

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

prevent the driver from seeing or from being able to

steer the vehicle, nor does

stop people from leaving

the vehicle.

When an air bag inflates, there

dust in the air.

This dust could cause breathing problems

for people with a history of asthma

other

breathing trouble.

avoid this, everyone in the

vehicle should get out as soon as it is safe to do

so.

If you have breathing problems but can’t get out

of the vehicle after an air bag inflates, then get

fresh air by opening a window or door.

In many crashes severe enough to inflate an air bag,

windshields

are

broken by vehicle deformation.

Additional windshield breakage may also occur from the

right front passenger air bag.

Air bags are designed

inflate only once. After they

inflate, you’ll need some new parts for your air bag

system.

you don’t get them, the air bag system

won’t

there to help protect you in another crash.

A new system will include air bag modules and

possibly other parts. The service manual for your

vehicle covers the need to replace other parts.

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