2013 Hyundai Equus Owners Manual

Safety features of your vehicle
How does the air bag system
operate
•  The front  air  bags will  completely     •  There  are  even   circumstances
inflate and deflate in an instant.
under  which   contact  with   the
steering wheel air bag can cause
fatal  injuries,   especially  if  the
occupant  is   positioned  exces-
sively 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
simply  see  the  deflated  air  bags
hanging out  of their  storage  com-
partments after the collision.
Air  bags   are   activated  (able   to
inflate if necessary)  only when the
engine  start/stop button  is  turned
to the ON or START position.
Air  bags   inflate  instantly   in   the
event of  a serious  frontal collision
or  side  collision  in  order  to  help
protect the occupants from serious
physical injury.
WARNING
•  To
avoid    severe   personal
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
inflate  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 col-
lision and is  thus a necessary part
of air bag design.
However, air bag inflation  can also
cause  injuries  which  can  include
facial  abrasions, bruises  and  bro-
ken  bones  because   the  inflation
speed also  causes the air bags  to
expand with a great deal of force.
injury   or   death   caused   by
deploying  air bags  in  a colli-
sion, the  driver  should sit  as
far   back  from   the   steering
wheel  air bag  as possible  (at
least   250   mm   (10    inches)
away).  The  front  passengers
should   always    move   their
seats as  far back  as possible
and sit back in their seat.
Air bags inflate instantly in the
event of collision, and passen-
gers may be injured  by the air
bag expansion force if they are
not in a proper position.
There is  no single speed  at which
the air bags will inflate.
Generally, air bags are designed to
inflate based upon the severity of a
collision  and  its   direction. These
two factors  determine whether the
sensors   produce    an   electronic
deployment/ inflation signal.
Air bag  deployment depends on  a
number of factors including vehicle
speed,  angles  of  impact and  the
density  and  stiffness of  the  vehi-
cles or  objects which  your vehicle
hits in  the collision. The  determin-
ing factors are  not limited to those
mentioned above.
•  Air  bag  inflation  may  cause
injuries   including    facial   or
bodily
abrasions,
injuries
from broken glasses or burns.
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