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Safety features of your vehicle

• Front air bags may not inflate in

side impact collisions, because

occupants move to the direction of

the collision, and thus in side

impacts, frontal air bag deployment

would not provide additional occu-

pant protection.

However, side or curtain air bags

may inflate depending on the

severity of impact.

• In a slant or angled collision, the

force of impact may direct the

occupants in a direction where the

air bags would not be able to pro-

vide any additional benefit, and

thus the sensors may not deploy

any air bags.

• Just before impact, drivers often

brake heavily. Such heavy braking

lowers the front portion of the vehi-

cle causing it to "ride" under a vehi-

cle with a higher ground clearance.

Air bags may not inflate in this

"under-ride" situation because

deceleration forces that are detect-

ed by sensors may be significantly

reduced by such "under-ride" colli-

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