Detroit - Beginning with the 2013 model year, General Motors will include the industry's first front center air bag in the Chevrolet Traverse. The new air bag is an inflatable restraint designed to help protect drivers and front passengers in far-side impact crashes where the affected occupant is on the opposite, non-struck side of the vehicle.
The front center air bag deploys from the right side of the driver's seat and positions itself between the front row seats near the center of the vehicle. This tethered, tubular air bag is designed to provide restraint during passenger-side crashes when the driver is the only front occupant, and also acts as an energy absorbing cushion between driver and front passenger in both driver and passenger-side crashes. The air bag also is expected to provide benefit in rollovers.
The front center air bag is expected to add to the vehicle's stellar record of third-party crash test performances. The 2012 Traverse has received five-star Overall and Side Crash safety ratings from NHTSA's New Car Assessment Program, and 2011 Top Safety Picks from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
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