Beginning with the 2001 model year,
side curtain airbags became available as an optional feature.
Beginning with 2007 models,
side curtain airbags became standard, but side torso airbags remained optional.
[7] In 2008
side curtain airbags became standard but the Cobalt's structure remains the same and consequently in structure / safety category of the IIHS's side impact test the Cobalt receives a «Marginal» score.
Not exact matches
The Ford Focus comes standard with six
airbags, including
side curtain airbags, but antilock brakes — an important safety feature that's
becoming increasingly standard on small affordable cars like the Focus — is optional.
Seat - mounted
side - impact
airbags will
become standard in fall 2006 and will be packaged with a standard rollover Safety Canopy
side curtain airbag system.
Head protection
airbags — often
curtain airbags mounted above the
side windows but sometimes seat - mounted thorax / head
airbags — have
become a common solution but great care is needed to ensure effective performance of such devices.
Head -
curtain side airbags become standard on all models, as does StabiliTrak stability control and traction control.
Beginning with 2005 models, front and rear
side head
curtain airbags became available as options.
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Side curtain and torso
airbags became standard on 2007 American models.
Beginning with 2009 models,
side curtain airbags were made standard for retail and fleet buyers (they had been optional for fleet buyers previously), and
side airbags to protect the drivers» and front passengers» torsos also
became standard (the
side torso
airbags were not available before).
Side curtain airbags designed to protect front and rear occupants» heads became optional beginning with 2005 models, in addition to the optional side airbags designed to protect drivers» and front passengers» torsos available since 2
Side curtain airbags designed to protect front and rear occupants» heads
became optional beginning with 2005 models, in addition to the optional
side airbags designed to protect drivers» and front passengers» torsos available since 2
side airbags designed to protect drivers» and front passengers» torsos available since 2003.
In the 2009 model year, front and rear head
curtain side airbags became standard except in cars sold to fleet buyers that could still be ordered without
side airbags.
For 2008 models, front seat - mounted
side torso
airbags, front and rear
side curtain airbags, and a driver's knee
airbag became standard.
Standard safety equipment on the 2016 Lincoln MKS includes anti-lock brakes, stability control, traction control, front
side airbags,
side curtain airbags, a rearview backup camera — which will
become mandatory on all new vehicles as of May, 2018 — and rear parking sensors.
Side torso airbags for the front rows as well as side curtain airbags for the front and rear rows were optional on 2003 — 2007 models and became standard on 2008 mod
Side torso
airbags for the front rows as well as
side curtain airbags for the front and rear rows were optional on 2003 — 2007 models and became standard on 2008 mod
side curtain airbags for the front and rear rows were optional on 2003 — 2007 models and
became standard on 2008 models.
Most cars in this class also include front -
side airbags and
curtain -
side airbags (also important safety features), and sophisticated forward collision mitigation systems — some with autonomous emergency braking — are
becoming more commonplace as well.
(The car's headliner partially blocked the view; it
became loose because of camera installation on the roof but did not interfere with the dummy's motion or the
side curtain airbag deployment.)
Cause: A metal support bracket attached to the headliner may
become dislodged during a
side curtain airbag deployment.