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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.

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 and deploy. The inﬂator, the airbag,

and related hardware are all part of the airbag

module.

Frontal airbag modules are located inside the

steering wheel and instrument panel. For vehicles

with seat-mounted side impact airbags, there

are airbag modules in the side of the front

seatbacks closest to the door. For vehicles with

roof-rail airbags, there are airbag modules in

the ceiling of the vehicle, near the side windows

that have occupant seating positions.

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