Alfa Romeo ALFA 159 2010, Owner'S Handbook Manual

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WARNIN G WARNI NG WARNI NG
Remember that with When the key is fitted The front air bag is trig-
the key fitted into the into the ignition device, gered for shocks
ignition device and engine off, the warning light F (with pas- greater in magnitude than the
the air bags may be triggered senger’s front air bags deacti- pretensioners. For impacts be-
on a stationary car if it is vation switch at ON) turns on tween these two thresholds,
bumped by another moving and flashes for few seconds to it is therefore normal that on-
car. Therefore, never seat chil- remind that passenger’s front ly the pretensioners are trig-
dren on the front seat even air bag, knees air bag and side gered.
when the car is stationary. On bag will be deployed in a crash,
the other hand remember that after which it should go off.
WARNI NG
if the key is not fitted into the
ignition device, no safety sys-
Do not hook rigid ob-
tem (air bags or pretension-
jects to the coat hooks
ers) is triggered in the event
and to the support handles. WARNI NG
of an impact; in this case, fail-
Never wash seat back-
ure to come into action cannot
rests with pressurised
be considered as a sign that WARNI NG
water or steam (by hand or at
the system is not working
The air bag does not
automatic seat washing sta-
properly.
substitute the seat
tions).
belts, but only increases their
effectiveness. Moreover, since
the front air bags do not come
into operation in the event of
front impact at low speed, side
collisions, bumps from behind
or overturning, in these cir-
cumstances the occupants
would only be protected by
the seat belts which must
therefore always be fastened.
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