Air Bag Systems - Chevrolet 2003 Monte Carlo Owner's Manual

Air Bag Systems
This part explains the frontal and side impact air bag
systems.
Your vehicle has air bags
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a frontal air bag for the
driver and another frontal air bag for the right front
passenger. Your vehicle may also have a side impact
air bag for the driver.
If your vehicle has a
side impact air bag for the
driver it will say AIR
BAG on the air bag
covering on the side of
the driver's seatback
closest to the door.
Here are the most important things to know about the
air bag systems:
Frontal air bags are designed to help reduce the risk of
injury from the force of an inflating frontal air bag.
But these air bags must inflate very quickly to do their
job and comply with federal regulations.
You can be sevel injured or killed in a crash
if you aren't wearing your safety belt, even if
you have air bags. Wearing your safety belt
during a crash helps reduce your chance of
hitting things inside the vehicle or being
ejected from
it.
Air bags are designed to work
with safety belts but don't replace them.
Frontal air bags for the driver and right front
passenger 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, frontal air bags may provide less
protection in frontal crashes than more forceful
air bags have provided in the past.
The side impact air bag for the driver is
designed to inflate only in moderate to severe
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