2015 Hyundai Tucson Owners Manual

Safety system of your vehicle
Air bag  deployment depends  on a     •  To help  provide protection,  the air     You can take steps to reduce the risk
bags   must   inflate   rapidly.   The     of  being  injured  by  an  inflating  air
speed of air  bag inflation is a  con-     bag. The  greatest risk  is  sitting too
sequence of  extremely  short time      close to the air bag. An air bag needs
in  which   to   inflate  the   air   bag     about 10 inches (25  cm) of space to
between   the  occupant   and   the     inflate.   NHTSA   recommends   that
vehicle structures before the  occu-     drivers   allow  at   least   10   inches
pant impacts those structures. This     (25 cm)  between  the  center  of the
speed of  inflation reduces the  risk     steering wheel and the chest.
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.
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  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.
of
serious
or
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.
In  addition  to  inflating  in  serious
side  collisions,  vehicles  equipped
with  a   rollover  sensor,  side  and
curtain  air  bags  will  inflate  if  the     •  There   are   even   circumstances
sensing system detects a rollover.
under  which  contact  with  the  air
bag can cause fatal  injuries, espe-
cially if  the occupant  is positioned
excessively close to the air bag.
When  a rollover  is  detected,  side
and  curtain  air   bags  will  remain
inflated longer to  help provide pro-
tection   from  ejection,   especially
when used  in conjunction  with the
seat belts.
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