Chevrolet ENCLAVE - NAVIGATION SYSTEM 2008 Specifications download pdf (Page 69)

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When Should an Airbag Inﬂate?

Frontal airbags are designed to inﬂate in moderate to

severe frontal or near-frontal crashes to help reduce

the potential for severe injuries mainly to the driver’s

or right front passenger’s head and chest. However,

they are only designed to inﬂate if the impact exceeds

a predetermined deployment threshold. Deployment

thresholds are used to predict how severe a crash

is likely to be in time for the airbags to inﬂate and

help restrain the occupants.

Whether your frontal airbags will or should deploy is not

based on how fast your vehicle is traveling. It depends

largely on what you hit, the direction of the impact,

and how quickly your vehicle slows down.

Frontal airbags may inﬂate at different crash speeds.

For example:

• If the vehicle hits a stationary object, the airbags

could inﬂate at a different crash speed than if the

vehicle hits a moving object.

• If the vehicle hits an object that deforms, the

airbags could inﬂate at a different crash speed than

if the vehicle hits an object that does not deform.

• If the vehicle hits a narrow object (like a pole), the

airbags could inﬂate at a different crash speed

than if the vehicle hits a wide object (like a wall).

• If the vehicle goes into an object at an angle, the

airbags could inﬂate at a different crash speed

than if the vehicle goes straight into the object.

Thresholds can also vary with speciﬁc vehicle design.

Frontal airbags are not intended to inﬂate during vehicle

rollovers, rear impacts, or in many side impacts.

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