Cadillac 1995 DeVille Owners Literature page 44

Where is
the
air
bag?
The
driver's air bag is in the middle of the steering wheel. The right front
passsngor's air
baq
L.
is i n the instrument panel
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the passenger's side.
When should an air bag inflate?
The air bag is designed
t o
inflatc in moderate to scverc frontal or
newfrontal crashes. Thc air
bag w i l l
inflate only if
the impact
speed
is
above
tllc
system's dcsigned "threshold Icvzl." If y o u r vehicle goes
straight
i n t o
a w a l l
t h a t
docsn't nwvc'
or deform. thc thresl~old level is
about
0
t o
15
mph
(14 t o 24
km/h). The threshold level czm
v a v ,
however,
with spccific vehicle design, so that it can
be
somewhat above ;r below
this range. If your vehicle strikes something that will move or deform,
such
a s
a parked car, the threshold level w i l l be higher. The air hag is not
designed to inflate i n rollovers? side impacts,
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rear impacts, because
inflation would not help the occupant.
In any particular crash, n o one can say whether an air bag should have
inflated simply because of the damage
to a
vehicle or because of what the
repair costs were. Inflation is determined
by
the angle o f the impact and
the vehicle's deceleration. Vchicle damage
c .
*is only one indication of this.
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