Chevrolet Spark Owners Manual: 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 contact the inside of the vehicle.
Airbags supplement the protection provided by safety belts by distributing the force of the impact more evenly over the occupant's body.
Rollover capable roof-rail airbags are designed to help contain the head and chest of occupants in the outboard seating positions in the first and second rows. The rollover capable roof-rail airbags are designed to help reduce the risk of full or partial ejection in rollover events, although no system can prevent all such ejections.
But airbags would not help in many types of collisions, primarily because the occupant's motion is not toward those airbags. See When Should an Airbag Inflate? on page 3-22.
Airbags should never be regarded as anything more than a supplement to safety belts.
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 ...
What Will You See after an Airbag Inflates?
After the frontal airbags and seat-mounted side impact airbags inflate, they
quickly deflate, so quickly that some people may not even realize an airbag inflated.
Roof-rail airbags may still be at ...
Other materials:
Climate Control Systems
The heating, cooling, and ventilation for the vehicle can be controlled with
this system.
Fan Control
Air Conditioning
Recirculation
Temperature Control
Rear Window Defogger
Air Delivery Mode Control
(Fan Control): Turn clockwise or
counterclockwise to increase or decrease ...
Interior Glass
To clean, use a terry cloth fabric dampened with water. Wipe droplets left behind
with a clean dry cloth.
Commercial glass cleaners may be used, if necessary, after cleaning the interior
glass with plain water.
Caution
To prevent scratching, never use abrasive cleaners on automotive
glass. ...
Home Page (Radio with Touchscreen)
Touchscreen Buttons
Touchscreen buttons show on the screen when available. When a function is unavailable,
the button may gray out. When a function is selected, the button may highlight.
Home Page Features
Press to go to the Home Page.
audio: Press to select AM, FM, SiriusXM®
(if equipp ...
