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The part of the automobile impacted determines which airbags deploy. Airbags can be in the steering wheel, under the dashboard, in the dashboard, in the doors, in the side panels, and other vital ...
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]
143,053 2018–2021 Atlas and 2020 Atlas Cross Sport SUVs may have a defect that makes the front passenger airbag shut off even though someone is in the seat. ... cause unwanted airbag deployment ...
If a front seat airbag fails to deploy properly it can increase the risk of injury in a crash, the NHTSA report said. Potential number of units affected: 337,128. Sept. 5: Recall for software ...
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.
Hyundai is recalling almost 200,000 Santa Fe SUVs from 2007 to 2009 model years, because the front passenger airbags may not deploy in a crash due to a possible problem with the occupant classification system. The system gauges the size of a passenger and based on that whether an air bag should be deployed. A software update rectifies the issue ...
Toyota is recalling 145,000 Lexus TX and Toyota Grand Highlander SUVs because of an issue that could cause one of the side curtain airbags to fail to deploy in some situations. The curtain airbag ...
The front passenger's side airbag is also designed to shut off if a child or small-statured adult is leaning into the airbag's deployment path. In the event of a sufficient side impact or roll-over, the side curtain airbag deploys from above the door frames of the affected side, with coverage for both the front and rear occupants on that side ...