Air Bag System - Chevrolet 2003 Astro Owner's Manual

Air Bag System
This part explains the air bag system.
Your vehicle has air bags
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one air bag for the driver
and another air bag for the right front passenger.
Frontal air bags are designed to help reduce the risk of
injury from the force of an inflating air bag. But these
air bags must inflate very quickly to do their job
and comply with federal regulations.
Here are the most important things to know about the
air bag system:
You ca.. Je severely injured or k i L -
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a crash
if you aren't wearing your safety belt
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even if
you have air bags. Wearing your safety belt
during a crash helps reduce your chance of
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LI.cLI..g things inside the vehicle or being
ejected from it. Air bags are designed to work
with safety belts, but don't replace them.
Air bags are designed to deploy only in
moderate to severe frontal and near frontal
crashes. They aren't designed to inflate at all
in rollover, rear or low-speed frontal crashes,
or in many side crashes. And, for some
unrestrained occupants, air bags may provide
less protection in frontal crashes than more
forceful air bags have provided in the past.
Everyone
in
your vehicle should wear a safety
belt properly
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whether or not there's an air
bag for that person.
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