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Airbag system
Airbag system
Brief introduction
Why is it so important to wear a seat
belt and to sit correctly?
For the inflating airbags to achieve the best
protection, the seat belt must always be
worn properly and the correct sitting posi-
tion must be assumed.
The airbag system is not a substitute for seat
belts, but it is an integral part of the vehicle's
overall passive safety system. Please bear in
mind that the airbag system can only work
effectively when the vehicle occupants are
wearing their seat belts correctly and have
adjusted the headrests properly. Therefore,
it is most important to properly wear the seat
belts at all times, not only because this is re-
quired by law in most countries, but also for
your safety
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page 15, The whys and
wherefores of seat belts .
The airbag inflates in a matter of seconds, so
if you are not properly seated when the air-
bag is triggered, you may sustain fatal inju-
ries. Therefore, it is essential that all vehicle
occupants assume a correct sitting position
while travelling.
Sharp braking before an accident may cause
a passenger not wearing a seat belt to be
thrown forward into the area of the deploy-
ing airbag. In this case, the inflating airbag
may inflict critical or fatal injuries on the oc-
cupant. This also applies to children.
Always maintain the greatest possible dis-
tance between yourself and the front airbag.
This way, the front airbags can completely
deploy when triggered, providing their maxi-
mum protection.
The most important factors for triggering the
airbag are the type of accident, the angle of
impact and the vehicle speed.
Whether or not the airbags are triggered de-
pends primarily on the vehicle deceleration
rate resulting from the collision and detected
by the control unit. If the vehicle decelera-
tion occurring during the collision and meas-
ured by the control unit remains below the
specified reference values, the front, side
and/or head-protection airbags will not be
triggered. Take into account that the visible
damage in a vehicle involved in an accident,
no matter how serious, is not a determining
factor for the airbags to have been triggered.
WARNING
●
Wearing the seat belt incorrectly or as-
suming an incorrect sitting position can
lead to critical or fatal injuries.
●
All vehicle occupants, including children,
who are not properly belted can sustain
critical or fatal injuries if the airbag is trig-
gered. Children up to 12 years old should al-
ways travel on the rear seat. Never trans-
port children in the vehicle if they are not
restrained or the restraint system is not ap-
propriate for their age, size or weight.
●
To reduce the risk of injury from an inflat-
ing airbag, always wear the seat belt prop-
erly
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page 15 .
Description of the airbag system
The airbag system offers additional protec-
tion for the occupants in combination with
the seat belts.
The airbag system comprises the following
modules (as per vehicle equipment):
●
Electronic control unit
●
Front airbags for driver and passenger
● Knee airbag for the driver
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Side airbags
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Head airbag
●
Airbag control lamp
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on the instrument
panel
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page 23
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Key-operated switch for front passenger
airbag
●
Control lamp for disabled/enabled status
of the front passenger airbag.
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