Description & Operation: Notes
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2002 Pontiac Aztek. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
WARNING:
Accidental air bag deployment is possible. Personal injury may result. Read and follow all WARNINGS and AIR BAG SAFETY PRECAUTIONS before working on air bag system or related components.
Supplemental Inflatable Restraint (SIR) system is designed to supplement protection provided by driver-side and passenger-side seat belts. A frontal impact of sufficient force, up to 30 degrees off center line of vehicle will deploy driver-side and passenger-side air bag modules. A side impact of sufficient force will deploy side impact air bag module on side of impact. Steering wheel, steering column and knee bolsters also absorb crash energy.
SIR system consists of Sensing and Diagnostic Module (SDM), driver-side and passenger-side air bag modules, driver and passenger side impact air bag modules, Side Impact Sensors (SIS), SIR coil assembly, driver-side and passenger-side knee bolsters and AIR BAG warning light.