sensor FORD TAURUS 1996 Owners Manual

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[SR16500(ALL)01/95]
How the Air Bag Supplemental Restraint
System Operates
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[SR16600(ALL)06/95]
The Air Bag Supplemental Restraint System
consists of the driver and passenger air bags,
impact sensors, a system diagnostic module, a
readiness light and tone, and the electrical
wiring which connects the components.
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[SR16750(ALL)06/95]
The driver air bag is in the center of the steering
wheel. The front passenger seat air bag is
located in the center of the instrument panel
ledge above the glove compartment. Both air
bags are designed to stay out of sight until they
are activated.
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The location of air bags and warning labels
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[SR17400(ALL)07/95]
If a collision occurs, the sensors sense the
severity of the impact and activate the air bags if
necessary. The air bag system is designed to
deploy in frontal and front-angled collisions
more severe than hitting a parked vehicle (of
similar size and weight) head-on at about
28 mph (45 km/h). Because the system senses
the crash severity rather than vehicle speed,
some frontal collisions at speeds above 28 mph
(45 km/h) will not inflate the air bag.
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When the sensors activate the system, the air
bags inflate rapidly, filling with non-toxic gas
mixture in a fraction of a second. Immediately
after inflation, the air bags deflate by releasing
the gas mixture through vent holes. The whole
process takes place in a matter of seconds.
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RWARNING
Air bag system components get hot after
inflation. Do not touch them after
inflation.
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