Uma kwenzeka ingozi, uhlelo lwe-airbag lusebenza kahle kakhulu ekuvikeleni ukuphepha kwabashayeli nabagibeli.
Njengamanje, uhlelo lwe-airbag ngokuvamile luyisistimu yesikhwama somoya esisodwa esinamasondo okuqondisa, noma uhlelo lwesikhwama somoya esiphindwe kabili. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ijubane liphezulu noma liphansi, isikhwama somoya kanye ne-pretensioner yebhande lesihlalo kusebenza ngesikhathi esifanayo lapho imoto ishayisana nesikhwama somoya esiphindwe kabili kanye nohlelo lwe-pretensioner yebhande lesihlalo, okuholela ekuchithekeni kwesikhwama somoya lapho kushayisana ngesivinini esiphansi futhi kwandisa izindleko zokulungisa kakhulu.
Uhlelo lwe-airbag olunezinyathelo ezimbili lungakhetha ngokuzenzakalelayo ukusebenzisa isenzo se-pretener sebhande lesihlalo kuphela noma i-pretener yebhande lesihlalo kanye nokusebenza kwe-airbag ezimbili ngesikhathi esisodwa ngokwejubane kanye nokusheshisa kwemoto uma kwenzeka ingozi. Ngale ndlela, engozini yesivinini esiphansi, uhlelo lusebenzisa amabhande esihlalo kuphela ukuvikela umshayeli nomgibeli, ngaphandle kokuchitha izikhwama zomoya. Uma ijubane lingaphezu kwama-30km/h engozini, ibhande lesihlalo kanye nesikhwama somoya kusebenza ngesikhathi esisodwa, ukuze kuvikelwe ukuphepha komshayeli nomgibeli. Isikhwama somoya esiyinhloko sijikeleza nesondo lokuqondisa, kuyadingeka ukugoqa isondo lokuqondisa, ngokuzungeza kwesondo lokuqondisa, ngakho-ke ekuxhumeni kwe-wiring harness, ukushiya umkhawulo, ngaphandle kwalokho akwanele okuzodabuka, kuze kube sezingeni eliphezulu endaweni ephakathi, ukuqinisekisa ukuthi isondo lokuqondisa alidonswa lapho lijika liye emkhawulweni.
