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Your vehicle may or may not have side impact

airbags. See Airbag System on page 88 for more

information. Side impact airbags are intended

to inﬂate in moderate to severe side crashes. A

side impact airbag will inﬂate if the crash severity

is above the system’s designed “threshold

level.” The threshold level can vary with speciﬁc

vehicle design. Side impact airbags are not

intended to inﬂate in frontal or near-frontal impacts,

rollovers, or rear impacts. A side impact airbag

is intended to deploy on the side of the vehicle that

is struck.

In any particular crash, no one can say whether

an airbag should have inﬂated simply because

of the damage to a vehicle or because of what the

repair costs were. For frontal airbags, inﬂation is

determined by what the vehicle hits, the angle

of the impact, and how quickly the vehicle slows

down. For side impact airbags, inﬂation is

determined by the location and severity of the

impact.

What Makes an Airbag Inﬂate?

In an impact of sufficient severity, the airbag

sensing system detects that the vehicle is

in a crash. The sensing system triggers a release

of gas from the inﬂator, which inﬂates the

airbag. The inﬂator, the airbag and related

hardware are all part of the airbag modules.

Frontal airbag modules are located inside

the steering wheel and instrument panel. For

seating positions with side impact airbags, there

are also airbag modules in the side of the

seatbacks closest to the door.

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