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ST
AR
TING AND
DRIVING
W
ARNING
LIGHTS AND MESSAGES
IN AN
EMERGENCY
MAINTENANCE
AND CARE
TECHNICAL
SPECIFICA
TIONS
ALPHABETICAL
INDEX
YOUR CAR
SAFETY
AIRBAGS
The vehicle is equipped with front
airbags for driver and passenger and
front side air bags (side bag - window
bag) (where specified).
FRONT AIRBAGS
The front airbags (for driver and
passenger) have been designed to
protect the passengers sitting on the
front seats in the event of head-on
crashes of medium-high severity, by
placing the bag between the person and
the steering wheel or dashboard.
Front air bags are designed to protect
car’s occupants in front crashes and
therefore non-activation in other types
of collisions (side collisions, rear shunts,
roll-overs, etc.) is not a system
malfunction.
An electronic control unit causes the
bag to inflate in the event of a front
crash.
The bag will inflate instantaneously
placing itself between the front
occupant’s body and the structures
which could cause injury. It will deflate
immediately afterwards.
Driver and passenger front airbags are
not a replacement of, but complementary
to the seat belts, which you must always
wear, as specified by law in Europe and
most non-European countries.
In the event of a collision, a person not
wearing the seat belt may be thrown
forward and come into contact with the
bag before it has fully opened. The
protection offered by the cushion is
reduced in such a case.
Front airbags may not be activated in
the following situations:
❒
in collisions against highly deformable
objects not affecting the car front
surface (e.g. bumper collision against
guard rail, etc.);
❒
car penetration under other vehicles
or protective barriers (e.g. trucks or
guard rails);
they could not provide any additional
protection compared with seat belts, so
their deployment would be improper.
No deployment in such cases is
consequently not the sign of a fault.
Do not apply stickers or
other objects on the
steering wheel, on the dashboard in
the passenger side airbag area, on
side upholstery on roof and on the
seats. Do not place objects (e.g. cell
phones) on the passenger side
dashboard because these could
interfere with the correct opening
of the airbag and cause severe
injury to occupants.
WARNING
The front airbags on the driver’s and
passenger’s sides are designed and
calibrated to protect the front seat
passengers who wear the safety belts.
The volume of the front airbags at max.
inflation fills most of the space between
the steering wheel and the driver and
between the dashboard and the
passenger.
The airbags are not deployed in the
event of front collisions of low severity
(for which the withholding action of the
seat belts is sufficient).
Safety belts must always be used. In the
event of frontal crash they ensure the
correct positioning of the occupant.
065-080 Ford KA GB 29-07-2008 15:32 Pagina 75
