Fiat 500X2017, User Manual

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Supplemental Side Air Bags
Your vehicle is equipped with two types of side air bags:
1 . Supplemental Seat-Mounted Side Air Bags (SABs): Located in the outboard side of the
front seats
. The SABs are marked with a “SRS AIRBAG” or “AIRBAG” label sewn into
the outboard side of the seats
.
The SABs may help to reduce the
risk of occupant injury during cer-
tain side impacts and/or vehicle roll-
over events, in addition to the injury
reduction potential provided by the
seat belts and body structure
.
When the SAB deploys, it opens the
seam on the outboard side of the
seatback’s trim cover
. The inflating
SAB deploys through the seat seam
into the space between the occu-
pant and the door
. The SAB moves
at a very high speed and with such
a high force that it could injure oc-
cupants if they are not seated prop-
erly, or if items are positioned in the
area where the SAB inflates
. Chil-
dren are at an even greater risk of injury from a deploying air bag
.
WARNING!
Do not use accessory seat covers or place objects between you and the Side Air Bags;
the performance could be adversely affected and/or objects could be pushed into you,
causing serious injury
.
Front Supplemental Seat-Mounted Side Air
Bag
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