Air Bag Systems - Saturn 2004 L-Series Owner's Manual

Air Bag Systems

This part explains the frontal and side impact air bag
systems.
Your vehicle has four air bags:
•
A frontal air bag for the driver and another frontal
air bag for the right front passenger,
•
A roof-mounted side impact air bag for the driver
and passenger directly behind the driver, and
•
A roof-mounted side impact air bag for the right
front passenger and the person seated directly
behind that passenger.
Frontal air bags are designed to help reduce the risk of
injury from the force of an inflating air bag. But these
air bags must inflate very quickly to do their job
and comply with federal regulations.
Here are the most important things to know about the
air bag systems:
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CAUTION:
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You can be severely injured or killed in a crash
if you are not wearing your safety belt – even if
you have air bags. Wearing your safety belt
during a crash helps reduce your chance of
hitting things inside the vehicle or being
ejected from it. Air bags are designed to work
with safety belts but do not replace them.
Frontal air bags for the driver and right front
passenger are designed to deploy only in
moderate to severe frontal and near frontal
crashes. They are not designed to inflate in
rollover, rear or low-speed frontal crashes, or in
many side crashes. And, for some unrestrained
occupants, frontal air bags may provide less
protection in frontal crashes than more forceful
air bags have provided in the past.
The side impact air bags are designed to inflate
only in moderate to severe crashes where
something hits the side of your vehicle.
CAUTION: (Continued)