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The driver and passenger front airbag modules, after having been deployed, in a Peugeot 306. An airbag is a vehicle occupant-restraint system using a bag designed to inflate in milliseconds during a collision and then deflate afterwards. [1]
Airbag deployment happens with the same speed and force every time. Airbag devices cannot gauge their degree of deployment to match varying forces of impact. It is an all-or-nothing deployment.
The passenger-side airbag was a "dual-stage" airbag, meaning that the impact sensors determined the force used to deploy the airbag based on the severity of the impact. Of the original fleet of Chevrolets, virtually all were eventually disposed of except one, which is currently fully restored.
In a collision in which two young women in a Chevrolet Cobalt were killed when the ignition switch shut off the engine, GM only counted the death of the woman in the front seat, because the death of the woman in the back seat was not caused by the failure of the airbag to deploy. [16] Most of the victims were under age 25. [17]
The 2021 Atlas has been recalled twice before for unrelated airbag problems, once in November 2021 for a water leak issue that could cause unwanted airbag deployment and once in March 2022 for a ...
The inner-left roof frame near the head air bag may have a crack that can damage the head air bag during deployment, according to the NHTSA report. Potential number of units affected: 130.
In 1998, for the 1999 model year, the system was extensively redesigned. With the launch of the Volvo S80 the IC airbag, [23] a curtain style airbag [24] deploying from the headlining to protect the head, was added. It has since been standard equipment on all newly released Volvos.
Airbag dermatitis (also known as an "airbag burn") is skin irritation secondary to the deployment of airbags. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The diagnosis of "air bag dermatitis" is relatively recent; [ 3 ] the first case was reported in 1994.