2015 Hyundai I20 Owners Manual

Safety system of your vehicle
How does the air bag system
operate
•  The front  air  bags will  completely
inflate and deflate in an instant.
WARNING
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.
Even in vehicles with air  bags,
you and your passengers must
always  wear  the  safety  belts
provided  in order  to minimize
the risk and severity of injury in
the  event   of   a  collision   or
rollover.
•  Air  bags   are  activated   (able  to
inflate if necessary)  only when the
ignition switch is  placed to the ON
or START position.
Air  bags   inflate  instantly   in   the
event of serious frontal or side  col-
lision  in order  to  help protect  the
SRS and pretensioners contain
explosive chemicals.
occupants  from   serious  physical     •  In order  to help provide  protection
injury.
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.
If  scraping  a  vehicle  without
removing SRS and pretension-
ers from a vehicle, it may cause
fire. Before scraping a  vehicle,
we  recommend that  you  con-
tact  an   authorized  HYUNDAI
dealer.
Keep   the    SRS    parts   and
wirings away from water or any
liquid. If  the SRS  components
are  inoperative  due  to   expo-
sure to water or liquids, it  may
cause fire or severe 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
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.
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