Honda Jazz 2021 Manual page 68

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When the centre airbag deploy with little or no visible damage
Because the airbag system senses sudden acceleration, a strong impact to the side
of the vehicle's framework can cause the centre airbag to deploy. In such cases,
there may be little or no damage, but the side impact sensors detected a severe
enough impact to deploy the airbag.
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When the centre airbag may not deploy, even though visible damage
appears severe
It is possible for the centre airbag to not deploy during an impact that results in
apparently severe damage. This can occur when the point of impact was towards
the far front or rear of the vehicle, or when the vehicle's crushable body parts
absorbed most of the crash energy. In either case, the centre airbag would not have
been needed nor provided protection even if it had deployed.
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