1995 Oldsmobile Aurora Owner's Manual - Page 28

as a parked car, the threshold level will be higher. The air bag is not designed to inflate in rollovers, side impacts, or rear impacts, because inflation not would help the occupant. It is possible in a crash only one the two air bags that of in your Aurora will deploy. This is rare, can happen but in a crash just severe enough to make air bag inflate. an In any particular crash,no one can say whether an air bag should have inflated simply because of the damage to a vehicle or because what the repair costs of were. Inflation is determined the angleof the impact and by the vehicle's deceleration. Vehicle damage is only one indication of this. What makesan air bag inflate? The air bag is designed to inflate in moderate to severe In a frontal or near-frontal impactsufficient severity, of frontal ornear-frontal crashes. The air bag inflate will the air bag sensing system detects the vehicle is that only if the impact speed is above the system's designed suddenly stoppingas a resultof a crash. The sensing "threshold level." If your vehicle goes straight into a of wall that doesn't move or deform, the threshold level is system triggers a chemical reaction the sodium azide sealed in the inflator. The reactionproduces nitrogen about 8 to 11 mph (13 to 18 kmh). The threshold level gas, which inflates the air bag. The inflator,air bag, and can vary, however, with specific vehicle design, that so related hardware are all part the air bag modules of it can be somewhat above or below this range. If your packed inside the steering wheel andthe instrument in vehicle strikes something will move or deform, such that panel in front of the right front passenger. When should an air bag inflate? 1-20