Hyundai i20 Owner's Manual page 85

Safety system
Side air bags (if equipped)
Side air bags (side impact and/or curtain
air bags) are designed to inflate when
an impact is detected by side collision
sensors depending on the crash severity,
speed or angles of impact resulting from
a side impact collision.
Although the front air bags (driver's and
front passenger's air bags) are designed
to inflate only in frontal collisions,
they also may inflate in other types of
collisions if the front impact sensor
detect a sufficient impact. Side air bags
(side impact and/or curtain air bags) are
designed to inflate only in side impact
collisions, but they may inflate in other
collisions if the side impact sensors
detect a sufficient impact.
If the vehicle chassis is impacted by
bumps or objects on unimproved roads
or sidewalks, air bags may deploy.
Drive carefully on unimproved roads
or on surfaces not designed for vehicle
traffic to prevent unintended air bag
deployment.
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Air bag non-inflation conditions
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• In certain low-speed collisions the air
bags may not deploy. The air bags are
designed not to deploy in such cases
because they may not provide benefits
beyond the protection of the seat
belts in such collisions.
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• Front air bags are not designed to
inflate in rear collisions, because
occupants are moved backward by
the force of the impact. In this case,
inflated air bags would not be able to
provide any additional benefit.
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