Fiat 500X2017, User Manual

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Driver And Passenger Front Air Bag Features
The Advanced Front Air Bag system has multistage driver and front passenger air bags .
This system provides output appropriate to the severity and type of collision as deter-
mined by the Occupant Restraint Controller (ORC), which may receive information from
the front impact sensors (if equipped) or other system components
.
The first stage inflator is triggered immediately during an impact that requires air bag
deployment
. A low energy output is used in less severe collisions . A higher energy output
is used for more severe collisions
.
This vehicle may be equipped with a driver and/or front passenger seat belt buckle
switch that detects whether the driver or front passenger seat belt is buckled
. The seat
belt buckle switch may adjust the inflation rate of the Advanced Front Air Bags .
This vehicle may be equipped with driver and/or front passenger seat track position sen-
sors that may adjust the inflation rate of the Advanced Front Air Bags based upon seat
position
.
WARNING!
• No objects should be placed over or near the air bag on the instrument panel or
steering wheel because any such objects could cause harm if the vehicle is in a
collision severe enough to cause the air bag to inflate
.
• Do not put anything on or around the air bag covers or attempt to open them
manually
. You may damage the air bags and you could be injured because the air
bags may no longer be functional
.
The protective covers for the air bag cushions
are designed to open only when the air bags are inflating
.
• Relying on the air bags alone could lead to more severe injuries in a collision
.
The
air bags work with your seat belt to restrain you properly
.
In some collisions, air
bags won’t deploy at all . Always wear your seat belts even though you have air
bags .
Front Air Bag Operation
Front Air Bags are designed to provide additional protection by supplementing the seat
belts
. Front air bags are not expected to reduce the risk of injury in rear, side, or rollover
collisions . The front air bags will not deploy in all frontal collisions, including some that
may produce substantial vehicle damage — for example, some pole collisions, truck un-
derrides, and angle offset collisions
.
On the other hand, depending on the type and location of impact, front air bags may
deploy in crashes with little vehicle front-end damage but that produce a severe initial
deceleration
.
Because air bag sensors measure vehicle deceleration over time, vehicle speed and dam-
age by themselves are not good indicators of whether or not an air bag should have de-
ployed
.
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