Buick Encore: 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. The inflator, the airbag, and related hardware are all part of the airbag module.
For airbag locations, see Where Are the Airbags?
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 seat 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?
Airbags should never be regarded as anything more than a supplement to seat belts.
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What Will You See after an
Airbag Inflates?
After the frontal, knee (if equipped),
and seat-mounted side impact
airbags inflate, they quickly deflate,
so quickly that some people may
not even realize the airbags inflated.
Roof-rail airbags may
If the On Indicator Is Lit for a
Child Restraint
The vehicle has a passenger
sensing system for the front
outboard passenger position. The
passenger airbag status indicator
will light on the instrument panel
when the vehicle is started.
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Symptoms - theft deterrent
NOTE: The following steps must be completed before using the
symptom tables.
Perform Diagnostic System Check - Vehicle in order to verify that all of
the following are true:
There are no DTCs set.
The control modules can communicate via the serial data link.
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Engine Heating and Cooling - Repair instructions
Cooling system draining and filling
Draining Procedure
WARNING: To avoid being burned, do not remove the radiator cap or
surge tank
cap while the engine is hot. The cooling system will release scalding
fluid and steam under pressure if radiator cap or surge tank cap is
removed while the engine and
