Seating and Safety Restraints
How does the safety belt pretensioner and airbag supplemental
restraint system work?
Thesafetybeltpretensionerand
airbagSRSaredesignedtoactivate
whenthevehiclesustains
longitudinaldecelerationsufficient
tocausethesensorstoclosean
electricalcircuitthatinitiates
pretensioneractivationandairbag
inflation.
Thefactthatthepretensionersand
airbagsdidnotactivateinacollision
doesnotmeanthatsomethingis
wrongwiththesystem.Rather,itmeanstheforceswerenotofthetype
sufficienttocauseactivation.Frontairbagsaredesignedtoactivatein
frontalandnear-frontalcollisions,notrollover,side-impact,or
rear-impactsunlessthecollisioncausessufficientlongitudinal
deceleration.
Theairbagsinflateanddeflate
rapidlyuponactivation.Afterairbag
deployment,itisnormaltonoticea
smoke-like,powderyresidueor
smelltheburntpropellant.Thismay
consistofcornstarch,talcum
powder(tolubricatethebag)or
sodiumcompounds(e.g.,baking
soda)thatresultfromthe
combustionprocessthatinflatesthe
airbag.Smallamountsofsodium
hydroxidemaybepresentwhich
mayirritatetheskinandeyes,but
noneoftheresidueistoxic.
Whilethesystemisdesignedtohelp
reduceseriousinjuries,contactwith
adeployingairbagmayalsocauseabrasions,swellingortemporary
hearingloss.Becauseairbagsmustinflaterapidlyandwithconsiderable
force,thereistheriskofdeathorseriousinjuriessuchasfractures,
facialandeyeinjuriesorinternalinjuries,particularlytooccupantswho
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Fusion(fsn)
OwnersGuide,2ndPrinting
USA(fus)
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