Hyundai ix20 Owner's Manual page 73

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Safety features of your vehicle

• Just before impact, drivers often brake

heavily. Such heavy braking lowers the

front portion of the vehicle causing it to

"ride" under a vehicle with a higher

ground clearance. Air bags may not

inflate in this "under-ride" situation

because deceleration forces that are

detected by sensors may be signifi-

cantly reduced by such "under-ride"

• Air bags may not inflate in rollover acci-

dents because air bag deployment

would not provide protection to the

However, side and/or curtain air bags

may inflate when the vehicle is rolled

over by a side impact collision, if the

vehicle is equipped with side impact air

bags and curtain air bags.

• Air bags may not inflate if the vehicle

collides with objects such as utility

poles or trees, where the point of

impact is concentrated and the colli-

sion energy is absorbed by the vehicle