Air Bag System - GMC Jimmy 2004 Owner's Manual

Air Bag System

This part explains the air bag system.
Your vehicle has air bags – 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:
CAUTION:
{
You can be severely 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.
ir bags are designed to deploy only in
moderate to severe frontal and near frontal
1-52
CAUTION: (Continued)
CAUTION: (Continued)
A 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 — whether or not there's an air
bag for that person.
CAUTION:
{
Air bags inflate with great force, faster than
the blink of an eye. If you're too close to an
inflating air bag, as you would be if you were
leaning forward, it could seriously injure you.
Safety belts help keep you in position before
and during a crash. Always wear your safety
belt, even with air bags. The driver should sit
as far back as possible while still maintaining
control of the vehicle.