Hyundai Elite i20 Owner's Manual page 70

Side air bags
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 strength, 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 col-
lisions, they also may inflate in other
types of collisions if the front impact
sensors 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 colli-
sions 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 unim-
proved roads or on surfaces not
designed for vehicle traffic to prevent
unintended air bag deployment.
Air bag non-inflation conditions
• 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 pro-
tection of the seat belts in such col-
lisions.
• Front air bags are not designed to
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inflate in rear collisions, because
occupants are moved backward by
the force of the impact.
case, inflated air bags would not be
able to provide any additional ben-
efit.
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