2013 Hyundai Santa Fe Owners Manual

Safety features of your vehicle
There is  no single speed  at which     •  In order to  help provide  protection
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the air bags will inflate.
in a  severe  collision, the  air bags
must  inflate rapidly. The  speed  of
air bag  inflation is  a consequence
of extremely  short time in  which a
collision  occurs  and  the  need  to
get the  air bag between  the occu-
pant  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.
Keep   the    SRS    parts   and
wirings  away   from  water  or
any liquid.  If the SRS  compo-
nents  are  inoperative due  to
exposure to water or liquids, it
may   cause   fire    or   severe
injury.
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.
How does the air bag system
operate
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  col-
lision (if equipped with  side impact
air bag or  curtain air bag)  in order
to help protect  the occupants from
serious physical injury.
The  front air  bags will  completely
inflate and deflate in an instant.
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
compartments after the collision.
There  are   even  circumstances
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.
NOTICE - if equipped  with
rollover sensor
Also, the air bags inflate instantly in
the event  of a  rollover (if  equipped
with a side airbag or curtain air bag)
in  order  to  help  protect  the  occu-
pants from serious physical injury.
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