Buick Regal: What Makes an Airbag Inflate?
In a deployment event, the sensing system sends an electrical signal triggering a release of gas from the inflator. Gas from the inflator fills the airbag causing the bag to break out of the cover and deploy. The inflator, the airbag, and related hardware are all part of the airbag module.
Frontal airbag modules are located inside the steering wheel and instrument panel. For vehicles with seat-mounted side impact airbags, there are airbag modules in the side of the front seatbacks closest to the door. For vehicles with roof-rail airbags, there are airbag modules in the ceiling of the vehicle, near the side windows that have occupant seating positions.
When Should an Airbag Inflate?
Frontal airbags are designed to inflate in moderate to severe frontal or near frontal crashes to help reduce the potential for severe injuries mainly to the driver's or right front passenger's head an ...
How Does an Airbag Restrain?
In moderate to severe frontal or near frontal collisions, even belted occupants can contact the steering wheel or the instrument panel. In moderate to severe side collisions, even belted occupants can ...
See also:
Remote start confirmation transmitter feature
Your remote engine start transmitter is equipped with a unique bidirectional
confirmation feature. This feature will allow the transmitter’s backlit button to
display the status of the system un ...
Headlamp levelling
Headlamp levelling
You can adjust the level of the headlampbeams according to the vehicle load.
Recommended headlamp levelling switch positions
1 See Weights. ...
Air distribution
The incoming air is distributed from a number of different vents in the passenger
compartment.
Air distribution is fully automatic in AUTO mode.
If desired, air distribution can be controlled ma ...
