2015 Hyundai Genesis Coupe 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 air
bag   can  cause   fatal   injuries,
especially   if   the  occupant   is
positioned  excessively close  to
the air bag.
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
ignition switch  is turned to  the ON
or START position.
Air  bags inflate  in  the  event of  a
serious  frontal or  side  collision in
order to help protect the occupants
from serious physical injury.
WARNING
To   avoid    severe    personal
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   10   inches    (250   mm)
away).  The  front  passengers
should   always    move   their
seats as  far back as  possible
and sit back in their seat.
•  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 struc-
tures 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  nec-
essary 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.
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 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 proper position.
Air  bag  inflation  may   cause
injuries   including    facial   or
bodily
abrasions,
injuries
from broken glasses or burns.
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