What Makes an Airbag Inflate?; How Does an Airbag Restrain?; What Will You See after an Airbag Inflates?- Page 74

2013 Buick LaCrosse Owner Manual

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Seats and Restraints
Instruments and Controls
Driving and Operating
Vehicle Care
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Seats and Restraints

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

21

.

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.

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

23

.

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

What Will You See after
an Airbag Inflates?

After the frontal airbags and
seat-mounted side impact airbags
inflate, they quickly deflate, so
quickly that some people may not
even realize an airbag inflated.
Roof-rail airbags may still be at least
partially inflated for some time after
they inflate. Some components of
the airbag module may be hot for

several minutes. For location of the
airbags, see

Where Are the

Airbags? on page 3

21

.

The parts of the airbag that come
into contact with you may be warm,
but not too hot to touch. There may
be some smoke and dust coming
from the vents in the deflated
airbags. Airbag inflation does not
prevent the driver from seeing out of
the windshield or being able to steer
the vehicle, nor does it prevent
people from leaving the vehicle.

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WARNING

When an airbag inflates, there
may be dust in the air. This dust
could cause breathing problems
for people with a history of
asthma or other breathing trouble.
To avoid this, everyone in the
vehicle should get out as soon as
it is safe to do so. If you have
breathing problems but cannot
get out of the vehicle after an

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  • Black plate (24,1) Buick LaCrosse Owner Manual - 2013 - crc - 9/7/12 3-24 Seats and Restraints 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 ‑ 21 . How Does an Airbag Restrain?
  • See When Should an Airbag Inflate?
  • on page 3 ‑ 23 . Airbags should never be regarded as anything more than a supplement to safety belts. What Will You See after an Airbag Inflates?
  • For location of the airbags, see Where Are the Airbags?