When Should An Airbag Inflate - Chevrolet Groove 2023 Owner's Manual

Chevrolet Groove Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-MidEast-17286929) -
2023 - CRC - 6/28/22
28 Seats and Restraints
Side Air Bag
As shown in the Figure C, the front seat side
air bag is installed on the backrest side near
to the door.
Danger
If there is any object between the
occupant and the air bag, the air bag
may not inflate normally or the air bag
may cause the object to squeeze the
occupant s body when it is inflated,
leading to severe injuries or even death.
Please never use a seat accessory (such
as seat jacket) that may hinder the
inflating of the lateral-impact air bag.

When Should an Airbag Inflate?

The frontal air bag is designed to be inflated
in moderate to severe head-on collision or
almost head-on collision to reduce severe
injury risks of the driver s and the front
passenger s head and chest.
Whether the frontal air bag is inflated
depends on the vehicle running speed.
It depends on the impacted object, impact
direction and vehicle deceleration during
collision.
The frontal air bag may be inflated in
different collision speed. The air bag
inflation depends on the impact direction
(straight or in certain angle) at the moment
of collision and whether the impacted object
is fixed or movable, deformable or not and
narrow or wide. Due to different design of
each vehicle, the collision inflation
conditions of the frontal air bag may vary.
The frontal air bag will not be inflated in
case of vehicle overturn, rear-end collisions
and most lateral-impact collisions. The
frontal air bag may not be inflated in slight
head-on or nearly head-on collisions, lateral
or diagonal collisions, collisions to cylindrical
objects (such as pole and tree trunk),
rear-end collisions under large vehicle
(trucks, etc.) and lateral glancing collisions.
As per the design, the seat lateral-impact air
bag will be inflated according to the impact
position in case of the moderate to severe
lateral collisions.
The seat lateral-impact air bag will not be
inflated in case of head-on collisions, nearly
head-on collisions, vehicle overturn or
rear-end collisions. The seat lateral-impact air
bag may not be inflated in slight side
collisions and lateral-frontal or diagonal
collisions. As per the design, the seat
lateral-impact air bag will be inflated on the
side of the collision. The air bag will not be
triggered in all collision accidents. For a
particular accident, it shall not simply judge
whether the air bag should be inflated
according to the causalities, vehicle damage
or repair and maintenance expenses. Your
vehicle is equipped with a collision sensing
and diagnosis module. If a collision accident
reaches certain strength, the module may
record relevant collision information after
the collision. If you have any doubt on the
working situation of your air bag in a
collision accident, contact your dealer to
provide professional analysis and diagnosis
for you.