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Safety features of your vehicle

Air bag non-inflation conditions

Air bags may not deploy in certain

low-speed collisions where the air

bag would not add any benefit

beyond the protection already

offered by the seat belts.

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

Front airbags may not inflate in

side impact collisions, because

passengers move in the direction

Air bag - Advanced Supplemental Restraint

of the collision. Thus, in side

impacts, frontal airbag deploy-

ment would not provide additional

occupant protection.

In an angled collision, the force of

impact may direct the occupants

in a direction where the air bags

would not be able to provide any

additional benefit, and thus the

sensors may not deploy any air

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

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