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Operation
When the sensors detect a moderate-tosevere side impact, the control unit signals the side airbag on the impact side to immediately inflate. When a side airbag deploys with little or no visible ...

Side Airbags
The side airbags help protect the upper torso of the driver or a front passenger during a moderate to severe side impact. ...

Operation
The side curtain airbag is designed to deploy in a moderate-to-severe side impact. When side curtain airbags deploy in a frontal collision One or both side curtain airbags may inflate in a modera ...