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Essential Safety Equipment

SRS Air Bags

Form No. 8Q44-EA-01K

Limitations to side air bag activation

Depending on the severity of impact, a side air bag may not inflate in the following cases:

Non-activation of side air bag

A side air bag will not normally inflate in the following cases:

Side impacts involving trees or poles can 
cause severe cosmetic damage but may not 
have enough impact force to activate.

Side impacts with two-wheeled vehicles 
may not provide enough force to deploy a 
side air bag.

Vehicle roll-over may not provide enough 
side force to deploy the side air bags.

Frontal offset impact may not provide 
enough side impact to deploy a side air bag.

Collision from the rear.

Collision from the front, but it may deploy
the front air bags.

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