Alfa Romeo Alfa 147 GTA, Owner'S Manual, Page: 268 / 290

RIGHT HAND DRIVE VERSION
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FRONT AND SIDE
AIR BAGS
The car is fitted with front Air bags for the
driver ( fig. 11 ), for the passenger ( fig. 12 )
and side bag ( fig. 13 ) and window bag
( fig. 14 ).
fig. 11
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fig. 12
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DEACTIVATING THE
PASSENGER’S
FRONT AIR BAG MANUALLY
Should it be absolutely necessary to car-
ry a child on the front seat, the passenger’s
Air bag on the vehicle can be deactivated.
Deactivation takes place using the car ig-
nition key to operate the special switch on
the left hand side of the dashboard
fig. 13
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fig. 14
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(
fig. 15
). Access to the switch is only pos-
sible with the door open.
The key-operated switch ( fig. 15 ) has
two positions:
1) Passenger’s front Air bag activated:
( ON position
P
) warning light on instru-
ment cluster off; it is absolutely prohibited
to carry a child on the front seat.
2) Passenger’s front Air bag deactivated:
( OFF position
F
) warning light on in-
strument cluster on; it is possible to carry a
child protected by special restraint systems
on the front seat.
The warning light
F
on the cluster stays
on permanently until the passenger’s Air bag
is reactivated.
Deactivation of the passenger’s front Air bag
does not inhibit operation of the side Air bag.
When the door is open, the key can be in-
serted and removed in both positions.
fig. 15
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