{"id":268,"date":"2019-01-23T19:06:03","date_gmt":"2019-01-23T19:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seatbeltrestore.com\/blog\/?p=268"},"modified":"2020-09-28T15:03:28","modified_gmt":"2020-09-28T15:03:28","slug":"the-different-types-of-airbags-in-a-vehicle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seatbeltrestore.com\/blog\/the-different-types-of-airbags-in-a-vehicle\/","title":{"rendered":"The Different Types Of Airbags In A Vehicle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Types of Airbags
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You may have heard so much about the importance of seat belts and wearing one at all times that you\u2019ve never taken the time to pay attention to the airbags in a car. You are not alone. Many people think about seat belts because of the safety that they ensure, but they fail to consider just how equally important airbags are. As a matter of fact, there are several types of seat belts, each serving their kind of purpose. Below, let me describe a few key differences between them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To begin with, there are front airbags. Dual front airbags are required of all cars sold in the U.S. A driver\u2019s front airbag is found in the steering wheel. Meanwhile, for a front seat passenger, it is located on the dashboard. Many new vehicle models have a weight sensor for the front seat to avoid airbag deployment if a young person is seated there. Also, government regulations call for any child 13 years of age or younger to sit in the back seats of a vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are also such things as knee airbags. If you haven\u2019t guessed already, these airbags help prevent passengers\u2019 knees from shattering in the case of a car accident. Knee injuries are quite commonplace in high-speed car crashes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another set of airbags is the side airbags. Obviously, these shield from side collisions. There are two types of side airbags: those that protect the head and those that protect the chest\/torso area. Both are equally important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Along with the airbags, another important part of a vehicle that doesn\u2019t get much attention is the SRS airbag module. This is what stores all the crash data and hard codes after a vehicle is involved in a crash. Nothing but an SRS reset<\/a> or getting a new module will clear that information. Instead of buying a brand new module, you should pay for an SRS reset. You can turn to the company Safety Restore for a quality and affordable SRS reset service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You may have heard so much about the importance of seat belts and wearing one at all times that you\u2019ve never taken the time to pay attention to the airbags in a car. You are not alone. Many people think about seat belts because of the safety that they ensure, but they fail to consider […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[215],"tags":[217,34,216,214,33],"class_list":["post-268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-srs-reset","tag-airbag-types","tag-airbags","tag-different-airbags","tag-srs-airbag-reset","tag-srs-reset"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seatbeltrestore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seatbeltrestore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seatbeltrestore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seatbeltrestore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seatbeltrestore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/seatbeltrestore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":339,"href":"https:\/\/seatbeltrestore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268\/revisions\/339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seatbeltrestore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seatbeltrestore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seatbeltrestore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}