1996 Buick Century Owner's Manual

Supplemental Restraint System (SRS)This part explains the Supplemental Restraint System(SRS) or air bag system.Your Buick has an air bag for the driver.Here are the most important things to know about the airbag system:/11 CAU I ION:You can be severely injured or killed in a crash ifyou aren’t wearing your safety belt -- even if youhave an air. bag. Wearing your safety belt during acrash helps reduce your chance of hitting thingsinside the vehicle or being ejected from it. The air ’bag is only a “supplemental restraint.” That is, itworks with safety belts but doesn’t replace them.Air bags are designed to work only in moderate tosevere crashes where the front of your vehicle hitssomething. They aren’t designed to inflateall inrollover, rear, side or low-speed frontal crashes.Everyone in your vehicle, including the driver,should wear a safety belt properly -- whether ornot there’s an .-air bag for that person.1J’LAir bags inflate with great force, faster than theblink of an eye. If you’re too close to an inflatingair bag, it could seriously injure you. Safety beltshelp keep you in position for an air bag inflationin a crash. Always wear your safety belt, evenwith an air bag, and sit as far back as you canwhile still maintaining control of your vehicle.AIRBAG-There is an air bagreadiness light on theinstrument panel, whichshows AIR BAG.The system checks the air bag’s electrical system formalfunctions. The lightells you if there is an electricalproblem. See “Air Bag Readiness Light” in the Indexfor more information.1-21