When Shall The Air Bag Be Inflated - Chevrolet Captiva CN202SR Owner's Manual

42 Seat and safety equipment
Side Curtain Air Bag
As shown in the Figure D, the side
curtain air bag is installed at the side
wall and roof joint, on the roof lining or
the trim panel.
Warning
If there is any other object
between the occupant and the
air bag, the air bag may not be
able to be inflated normally or
the air bag may cause the
object to squeeze
occupant's body when it is
inflated, leading to
injuries or even death. Please
never use a seat accessory
(such as seat jacket) that may
hinder the inflating of the
lateral-impact air bag.
When Shall the Air Bag Be
Inflated?
The frontal air bag is designed to be
inflated in moderate to severe head-
on collision
collision to reduce severe injury risks
of the driver's
the
passenger's head and chest.
severe
Whether the frontal air bag is inflated
do not mainly depends on the vehicle
running speed. It depends on the
impacted object, impact direction and
vehicle deceleration within unit time
during collision.
The frontal air bag may be inflated in
different collision speed. The air bag
inflation depends on the impact
direction (straight or in certain angle)
at the moment of collision and
whether the impacted object is fixed or
movable, deformable or not and
narrow or wide. Due to different
design of each vehicle, the collision
inflation conditions of the frontal air
bag may vary. The frontal air bag will
not be inflated in case of vehicle
overturn, rear-end collisions and most
lateral-impact collisions. The frontal
or almost head-on
and the front