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The vehicle has seat-mounted
side impact and roof-rail airbags.
See Airbag System on page 1-42.
Seat-mounted side impact and
roof-rail airbags are intended
to inflate in moderate to severe side
crashes. In addition, these roof-rail
airbags are intended to inflate during
a rollover or in a severe frontal
impact. Seat-mounted side impact
and roof-rail airbags will inflate if
the crash severity is above the
system’s designed threshold level.
The threshold level can vary
with specific vehicle design.
Seat-mounted side impact airbags
are not intended to inflate in
frontal impacts, near-frontal impacts,
rollovers, or rear impacts. Roof-rail
airbags are not intended to inflate
in rear impacts. A seat-mounted
side impact airbag is intended
to deploy on the side of the vehicle
that is struck. Both roof-rail
airbags will deploy when either side
of the vehicle is struck, or if the
sensing system predicts that
the vehicle is about to roll over,
or in a severe frontal impact.
In any particular crash, no one
can say whether an airbag should
have inflated simply because of the
damage to a vehicle or because
of what the repair costs were.
For frontal airbags, inflation is
determined by what the vehicle hits,
the angle of the impact, and how
quickly the vehicle slows down.
For seat-mounted side impact and
roof-rail airbags, deployment is
determined by the location and
severity of the side impact. In a
rollover event, roof-rail airbag
deployment is determined by the
direction of the roll.
1-48 Seats and Restraint System