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Essential Safety Equipment
SRS Air Bags
In severe collisions or roll-overs such as those described previously in SRS Air Bag
Deployment Criteria , the applicable SRS air bag equipment will deploy. However, in
some accidents, the equipment may not deploy depending on the type of collision and its
severity.
Limitations to front/near front collision detection:
The following illustrations are examples of front/near front collisions that may not be
detected as severe enough to deploy the SRS air bag equipment.
Impacts involving trees or poles
Limitations to side collision detection:
The following illustrations are examples of side collisions that may not be detected as
severe enough to deploy the SRS air bag equipment.
Side impacts involving trees or poles
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Limitations to SRS Air Bag
Frontal offset impact to the vehicle
Rear-ending or running under a truck's tail gate
Side impacts with two-wheeled vehicles
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