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Where is the air bag?
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The driver's air bag is in the middle of the steering wheel. The right front
passenger's air bag is in the instrument panel on the passenger's side.
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When should an air bag inflate?
near-frontal crashes. The air bag will inflate only, if the impact speed is
above the system's designed "threshold level." I f your vehicle goes straight
into a wall that doesn't move or deform, the threshold level is about
specific vehicle design, so that it can be somewhat above or below this
range. I f your vehicle strikes something that will move or deform, such as
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The air bag is designed to inflate in moderate to severe frontal or
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9 to 15 mph (14 to 24 km/h). The threshold level can vary, however, with
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a parked car, the threshold level will be higher. The air bag is not
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designed to inflate in rollovers, side impacts, or rear impacts, because
inflation would not help the occupant.
In any particular crash, no 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 of the impact.and
the vehicle's deceleration. Vehicle damage is only one indication of this.
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