Description & Operation: Notes
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2002 Chevrolet Monte Carlo and 2002 Chevrolet Impala. 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 collision 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 on driver-side of vehicle will deploy driver side impact air bag module. Steering column and knee bolsters also absorb collision energy.
SIR system consists of Sensing and Diagnostic Module (SDM), driver-side and passenger-side dual-stage air bag modules, driver side impact air bag module, Side Impact Sensor (SIS), front end discriminating sensor, SIR coil assembly and AIR BAG warning light.