Disposing of vehicle airbag system with several ignition stages for filling sack involves controlling emptying device to empty airbag sack before post ignition of all not yet ignited ignition stages

摘要

The airbag system has several airbag ignition stages for filling an airbag sack. The method involves igniting all not yet ignited ignition stages after ignition of a first airbag ignition stage. An emptying device is controlled to empty the airbag sack before post ignition of all not yet ignited ignition stages following an emptying period corresponding to the time to empty the sack.