Buick RIVIERA 1993 Owner's Manual download pdf (Page 36)

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101

Where

the air bag?

When

is an air

bag

expected to inflate?

The air bag is designed to inflate in moderate to severe

frontal or near-frontal crashes. The air bag

will

only

inflate

the velocity of the impact is above the designed

threshold level. When impacting straight into a wall that

does not move or deform, the threshold level for most

vehicles is between

and

mph. However, this

velocity threshold depends on the vehicle design and

may be several miles-per-hour faster or slower. In

addition, this threshold velocity will be considerably

higher

the vehicle strikes an object such as

parked

car which will move and deform

impact. The air bag

also not designed to inflate

rollovers, side impacts,

or rear impacts where the inflation would provide no

occupant protection benefit.

any particular crash, the determination of whether the

air bag should have inflated cannot be based solely on

the level of damage on the vehicle(s). Inflation is

determined

the angle

the impact and the vehicle’s

deceleration, of which vehicle damage is only one

indication. Repair cost is not a good indicator of

whether an air bag should have deployed.

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