2014 Hyundai Genesis Owners Manual

During  a moderate  to severe  frontal     •  Air bag  deployment depends  on a     •  To help  provide protection,  the air
collision, sensors will detect the  vehi-
cle’s rapid  deceleration. If the rate  of
deceleration is high enough, the con-
trol unit will inflate the front air bags, at
the time and with the force needed.
number of factors including  vehicle
speed,  angles  of  impact  and  the
density and stiffness of the vehicles
or   objects    which   your   vehicle
impacts   during   a  collision.   The
determining factors  are not  limited
to those mentioned above.
bags   must   inflate    rapidly.  The
speed of air  bag inflation is a  con-
sequence of  extremely  short time
in  which   to   inflate  the   air   bag
between   the  occupant   and   the
vehicle structures before the  occu-
pant impacts those structures. This
speed of  inflation reduces the  risk
life-threatening
injuries  and  is  thus  a  necessary
part of air bag design.
However, the rapid air bag inflation
can also  cause injuries  which can
include  facial   abrasions,  bruises
and  broken   bones  because   the
inflation speed also  causes the air
bags to expand with a great deal of
force.
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The  front  air bags  help  protect  the
by
driver
and
front
passenger
responding   to   frontal   impacts   in     •  The  front  air bags  will  completely
of
serious
or
which seat belts alone cannot provide
adequate  restraint.   When  needed,
the side air bags help provide protec-
tion in  the event  of a side  impact or
rollover by supporting the  side upper
body area.
inflate and deflate in an instant. It is
virtually  impossible for  you to  see
the air  bags inflate during an  acci-
dent. 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     • In  addition   to  inflating  in  serious
Engine  Start/Stop button  is in  the
ON position.
side  collisions,  vehicles  equipped
with a  rollover sensor,  side and/or
curtain  air  bags  will  inflate  if  the     •  There   are   even   circumstances
sensing system detects a rollover.
When a rollover is detected, curtain
air bags  will remain inflated longer
to  help   provide   protection   from
ejection,  especially  when  used in
conjunction  with the  seat belts.  (if
equipped with a rollover sensor)
Air  bags inflate  in  the  event  of a
severe  frontal  or  side  collision  to
help  protect   the  occupants  from
serious physical injury.
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 colli-
sion  and  its  direction. These  two
factors determine whether the sen-
sors produce an  electronic deploy-
ment/inflation signal.
under  which  contact  with  the  air
bag can cause fatal  injuries, espe-
cially if  the occupant  is positioned
excessively close to the air bag.
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