When Should an Airbag Inflate?; What Makes an Airbag Inflate?; Seats and Restraints- Page 38

2022 Chevrolet colorado Owner Manual

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Chevrolet Colorado Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/Mexico-

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Warning (Continued)

death. The path of an inflating airbag
must be kept clear. Do not put anything
between an occupant and an airbag, and
do not attach or put anything on the
steering wheel hub or on or near any
other airbag covering.

Do not use seat accessories that block the
inflation path of a seat-mounted side
impact airbag.

Never secure anything to the roof of a
vehicle with roof-rail airbags by routing a
rope or tie

down through any door or

window opening. If you do, the path of
an inflating roof-rail airbag will be
blocked.

When Should an Airbag Inflate?

This vehicle is equipped with airbags. See

Airbag System

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Airbags are designed to

inflate if the impact exceeds the specific
airbag system's deployment threshold.
Deployment thresholds are used to predict
how severe a crash is likely to be in time
for the airbags to inflate and help restrain
the occupants. The vehicle has electronic
sensors that help the airbag system

determine the severity of the impact.
Deployment thresholds can vary with
specific vehicle design.

Frontal airbags are designed to inflate in
moderate to severe frontal or near frontal
crashes to help reduce the potential for
severe injuries, mainly to the driver's or
front outboard passenger's head and chest.

Whether the frontal airbags will or should
inflate is not based primarily on how fast
the vehicle is traveling. It depends on what
is hit, the direction of the impact, and how
quickly the vehicle slows down.

Frontal airbags may inflate at different crash
speeds depending on whether the vehicle
hits an object straight on or at an angle,
and whether the object is fixed or moving,
rigid or deformable, narrow or wide.

Frontal airbags are not intended to inflate
during vehicle rollovers, in rear impacts,
or in many side impacts.

In addition, the vehicle has advanced
technology frontal airbags. Advanced
technology frontal airbags adjust the
restraint according to crash severity.

Seat-mounted side impact airbags are
designed to inflate in moderate to severe
side crashes depending on the location of

the impact. Seat-mounted side impact
airbags are not designed to inflate in frontal
impacts, near frontal impacts, rollovers,
or rear impacts. A seat-mounted side impact
airbag is designed to inflate on the side of
the vehicle that is struck.

Roof-rail airbags are designed to inflate in
moderate to severe side crashes depending
on the location of the impact. In addition,
these roof-rail airbags are designed to inflate
during a rollover or in a severe frontal
impact. Roof-rail airbags are not designed to
inflate in rear impacts. Both roof-rail airbags
will inflate when either side of the vehicle is
struck, if the sensing system predicts that
the vehicle is about to roll over on its side,
or in a severe frontal impact.

In any particular crash, no one can say
whether an airbag should have inflated
simply because of the vehicle damage or
repair costs.

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

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  • If you do, the path of an inflating roof-rail airbag will be blocked. When Should an Airbag Inflate?
  • Both roof-rail airbags will inflate when either side of the vehicle is struck, if the sensing system predicts that the vehicle is about to roll over on its side, or in a severe frontal impact. In any particular crash, no one can say whether an airbag should have inflated simply because of the vehicle damage or repair costs. What Makes an Airbag Inflate?