Chevrolet Cruze Owners Manual: How Does an Airbag Restrain?
In moderate to severe frontal or near frontal collisions, even belted occupants can contact the steering wheel or the instrument panel. In moderate to severe side collisions, even belted occupants can contact the inside of the vehicle.
Airbags supplement the protection provided by safety belts by distributing the force of the impact more evenly over the occupant's body.
Rollover capable roof-rail airbags are designed to help contain the head and chest of occupants in the outboard seating positions in the first and second rows. The rollover capable roof-rail airbags are designed to help reduce the risk of full or partial ejection in rollover events, although no system can prevent all such ejections.
But airbags would not help in many types of collisions, primarily because the occupant's motion is not toward those airbags.
Airbags should never be regarded as anything more than a supplement to safety belts.
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 ...
What Will You See after an Airbag Inflates?
After the frontal airbags and seat-mounted side impact airbags inflate, they
quickly deflate, so quickly that some people may not even realize an airbag inflated.
Roof-rail airbags may still be at ...
Other materials:
Exhaust Flexible Pipe Replacement (1.6L LXT)
Removal Procedure
Warning: Refer to Hot Exhaust System Warning in the Preface section.
Warning: Refer to Protective Goggles and Glove Warning in the Preface section.
Open the hood.
Raise the vehicle by its full height. Refer to Lifting and Jacking the
Vehicle.
Remove the heate ...
Clock
The infotainment system controls are used to access the time and date settings
through the menu system. For vehicles with a connective radio or navigation system,
see the infotainment manual.
Setting the Time and Date
To set the time and date for the radio with CD:
1. Press CLOCK.
2. Select ...
Waterleak Test Preparation
GM vehicles are designed to operate under normal environmental
conditions.
The design criteria for sealing materials and components takes into
consideration the sealing forces required to withstand the natural
elements. These specifications cannot take into consideration any artificial ...
