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Essential Safety Equipment

SRS Air Bags

Form No. 8Q42-EA-01F

Limitations to air bag activation

Depending on the severity of impact, the air bags may not inflate in the following cases:

Non-activation of air bags

Air bags will not normally inflate in the following cases:

Impacts involving trees or poles cause severe 
cosmetic damage but may not have enough 
impact to activate the air bag.

Rear-ending or running under a truck's tail 
gate may not provide the stopping force 
necessary for air bag deployment.

Frontal offset impact to the vehicle may not 
provide the stopping force necessary for air 
bag deployment.

Collision from the rear.

Impact to the side, but it may deploy a side 
air bag.

Vehicle roll-over, may deploy the side air 
bag(s) but not the front air bags.

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