2011 Hyundai Santa Fe Owners Manual

Safety system of your vehicle
How does the air bag system
operate
•  Air  bag    deployment   depends  on  a
number  of   factors  including   vehicle
speed, angles of impact and the densi-
ty  and   stiffness   of  the   vehicles  or
objects which  your  vehicle hits  in the
collision. Though, factors are  not limit-
ed to those mentioned above.
However,  air   bag  inflation   can  also
cause   injuries   which   normally   can
include  facial  abrasions,  bruises  and
broken  bones,  and  sometimes  more
severe  injuries  because  the  inflation
speed  also   causes  the  air   bags  to
expand with a great deal of force.
Air bags are activated (able to inflate if
necessary)   only   when   the   ignition
switch is  turned  to the  ON or  START
position.
Air bags inflate instantly in the event of
serious frontal or side collision in order
to help protect the occupants from seri-
ous physical injury.
The   front  air   bags   will   completely
inflate and deflate in an instant.
•  There
are
even
circumstances
under which contact  with the steer-
ing  wheel  air  bag  can  cause  fatal
injuries,  especially if  the  occupant
is  positioned  excessively  close  to
the steering wheel.
It is  virtually impossible for  you to see
the air bags inflate during  an accident.
It is much more likely that you will sim-
ply see  the deflated  air bags  hanging
out of their storage compartments after
the collision.
Also, the air bags inflate instantly in the
event of a rollover in order  to help pro-
tect the occupants  from serious physi-
cal injury.
There is  no single speed at  which the
air bags will inflate.
In order to  help provide protection in a
severe  collision,   the  air   bags  must
inflate  rapidly.  The  speed  of  air  bag
inflation   is   a   consequence   of   the
extremely short time in which a collision
occurs and the need  to get the air bag
between the  occupant and the  vehicle
structures before the occupant impacts
those structures. This speed of inflation
reduces  the   risk  of   serious  or   life-
threatening injuries in a severe collision
and is thus a necessary part  of air bag
design.
Generally,  air  bags  are   designed  to
inflate by the severity of a collision and
its  direction. These two  factors  deter-
mine whether the sensors send out an
electronic deployment/inflation signal.
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