the collar 38 or other portion of the vehicle it will be appreciated that the second portion 43 of the hinge 26 may be attached to the vehicle and or the collar 38 by any known fastening means such that the airbag door 24 is attached to the vehicle by the hinge 26 thus the hinge 26 allows the airbag 27 to force the airbag door 24 free from the instrument panel 10 yet retains the airbag door 24 such that the airbag door 24 does not freely enter the interior cabin of the vehicle the second portion 43 of the hinge 26 may be secured to the collar 38 such that the hinge 26 includes a loop portion 44 disposed between the first portion 35 of the hinge 26 secured to the airbag door 24 and the second portion of the hinge 26 secured to the collar 38 the loop portion 44 provides slack to allow the airbag door 24 to extend further away from the airbag module 18 such that the airbag door 24 is clear of the airbag 27 as the airbag 27 deploys thus the loop portion 44 of the hinge 26 allows the airbag door 24 to move free of the path of the airbag 27 during deployment the loop portion 44 of the hinge 26 must be flexible even in extreme temperatures as low as about u2212 40 u00b0 fahrenheit such that the airbag door 24 does not interfere with the airbag 27 as the airbag 27 deploys the loop portion 44 of the hinge 26.