Alfa Romeo ALFA 159 2010, Owner'S Handbook Manual

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SIDE AIR BAGS
passenger's front air bag and knees
air bag (for versions/markets, where
(Side bag -
provided) and side bag deactivated
Window bag)
( OFF position F): warning light
F on front ceiling light panel on;
it is possible to carry a child protect-
The car is fitted with front side bags for
ed by special restraint systems on the
driver and passenger for protecting the
front seat.
chest and window bags for protecting front
The warning light F on front ceiling and rear occupant’s head.
fig. 19
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light panel stays on permanently until the
Side bags protect car occupants from
Side air bags are not a replacement of
passenger’s air bags are reactivated.
side crashes of medium-high severity, by
but complementary to the belts, which
Passenger's air bags deactivation will placing the cushion between the occu- you are recommended to always wear,
not inhibit the operation of the head pro-pant and the internal parts of the side
as specified by law in Europe and most
tection side bag (Window Bag). structure of the car.
non-European countries.
Non-activation of side bags in other
FRONT SIDE BAGS -
types of collisions (front collisions, rear
CHEST AND PELVIS
shunts, roll-overs, etc...) is not a system
ZONE PROTECTION
malfunction.
They are composed by two types of in-
In case of side crash, an electronic con-
stant inflation cushions and are housed
trol unit, when required triggers the in-
in the back rest of the front seats fig.
flation of the cushion. The cushion im-
19 . The task of the side air bags is to
mediately inflates, placing itself as a pro-
increase protection of the occupants’
tection, between the occupant’s body
chest and pelvis zone in the event of a
and the structure that could cause in-
side crash of medium-high severity.
juries. Immediately after, the cushion de-
flates.
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