What Makes an Airbag Inflate?; How Does an Airbag Restrain?; Seats and Restraints- Page 83

2012 Buick enclave Owner Manual

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In Brief
Seats and Restraints
Instruments and Controls
Driving and Operating
Vehicle Care
Customer Information
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What Makes an Airbag
Inflate?

In a deployment event, the sensing
system sends an electrical signal
triggering a release of gas from the
inflator. Gas from the inflator fills the
airbag causing the bag to break out
of the cover. The inflator, the airbag,
and related hardware are all part of
the airbag module.

For airbag location, see

Where Are

the Airbags? on page 3

26

.

How Does an Airbag
Restrain?

In moderate to severe frontal or
near frontal collisions, even belted
occupants can contact the steering
wheel or the instrument panel. In
moderate to severe side collisions,
even belted occupants can contact
the inside of the vehicle.

Airbags supplement the protection
provided by safety belts by
distributing the force of the impact
more evenly over the
occupant's body.

Rollover capable roof-rail airbags
are designed to help contain the
head and chest of occupants in the
outboard seating positions in the
first, second and third rows. The
rollover capable roof-rail airbags are
designed to help reduce the risk of
full or partial ejection in rollover
events, although no system can
prevent all such ejections.

But airbags would not help in
many types of collisions, primarily
because the occupant's motion is
not toward those airbags. See

When

Should an Airbag Inflate? on
page 3

27

for more information.

Airbags should never be regarded
as anything more than a supplement
to safety belts.

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  • Black plate (29,1) Buick Enclave Owner Manual - 2012 Seats and Restraints 3-29 What Makes an Airbag Inflate?
  • The inflator, the airbag, and related hardware are all part of the airbag module. For airbag location, see Where Are the Airbags?
  • on page 3 ‑ 26 . How Does an Airbag Restrain?
  • See When Should an Airbag Inflate?