Dacia Solenza 2004, Repair Manual

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Airbag - General
IMPORTANT!
All intervention on the airbag system
may be performed only by qualified staff.
The Dacia SOLENZA vehicles are
equipped with a passive security system
composed of:
- a driver frontal airbag with an inflatable
bag,
- UCE airbag mounted in the central
console tunnel.
In case of a front impact strong enough,
theUCE airbag is releasing the airbag, which
is inflating in the steering wheel central part,
protecting in this way the driver’s face.
The airbag is not reacting at decelerations
in the driving direction. A side impact or a
rollover may not lead to the airbag releasing.
The vehicle projection energy is
transformed into distortion energy of the
vehicle front part. The higher deceleration is,
the smaller vehicle distortion is, and the airbag
is quicker releasing.
The minimal speed at which the airbag is
releasing is increasing, as the impact angle
between the vehicles is higher.
If in case of a frontal impact there are no
distortions in front of the front pedals support or
engine-frame impact, non-releasing of the airbag
is not to be considered an operation incident,
the releasing speed not being reached.
By experience, the speedometer is not
showing correctly the impact speed, this being,
generally, smaller than the cruising speed had
before the impact.
A vehicle equipped with driver airbag is to be
identified by the marking “Airbag” from the
steering wheel pillow and a sticker placed on the
windscreen left side.
ATTENTION !
Because the UCE airbag, steering wheel
airbag and the shock sensor are containing
sensitive components, these are to be shock-
proofed during their handling.
At every windscreen replacement, the sticker
mentioning that vehicle is equipped with airbag
is to be placed on the windscreen.
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