NISSAN 2014 Versa Note - Consumer Safety & Air Bag Information Guide - Manual (Page 2)

2014 NISSAN Consumer Safety & Air Bag Information Guide 1
AIR BAG PROTECTION
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT AIR BAGS
Air bags are a supplemental restraint system designed to enhance the protection provided
by the seat belt system during certain types of collisions. Driver and passenger front-
impact air bags are standard on every NISSAN vehicle. Front seat-mounted side-impact
supplemental air bags and roof-mounted curtain side-impact supplemental air bags are
available on many 2014 NISSAN vehicles. See your vehicle owner’s manual for information
about these air bag systems, if so equipped.
Please remember, always wear your seat belt, and that a rear-facing child restraint must
never be used in the front passenger seat if the vehicle is equipped with a front passenger
air bag. See page 10 of this guide for important information about child restraint use.
FASTER THAN THE EYE CAN BLINK
In a collision, a lot can happen in just one second. Generally, at 0.01 seconds after a
collision starts, an air bag begins to inflate. At 0.04 seconds, it is fully inflated. By 0.1
seconds, it has done its job and is deflating. Considering the speed of these events, it is
not surprising that many people involved in a frontal co llision do not realize that their air
bags did inflate.
0.01 SECONDS INFLATING BEGINS 0.04 SECONDS AIR BAG IS INFLATED 0.1 SECONDS DEFLATING BEGINS