Maserati GRANCABRIO RANGE, Owner'S Manual

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Passenger’s airbag
The passenger’s airbag has been
designed and calibrated to enhance
the protection level provided to a
person wearing the seat belt.
It therefore deploys to such an extent
as to fi ll most of the space between
the occupant and the dashboard.
SERIOUS DANGER:
the vehicle is
fi tted with front
passenger’s airbag. Before fi tting
any child seat on the front passenger
seat, always deactivate the front
passenger’s airbag. Even where not
required by law, we recommend for
the safety of adult passengers, that
the airbag be immediately reactivated
as soon as the seat is no longer used
for carrying children.
Passenger’s airbag manual
deactivation switch
If you have to carry a child on
the front passenger seat, always
deactivate the airbag on the
passenger’s side before installing a
rearward-facing child seat. The device
may be deactivated by operating
(with the ignition key) the relative
key switch located on the right-hand
side of the dashboard. The switch is
accessible only when the door is open.
Vehicles manufactured for the US,
Canadian, Japanese and Australian
markets are not equipped with this
device.
The key switch has two positions:
1) passenger’s airbag active:
(position ON ), the warning
light on the instrument panel
is off; carrying children on the
front passenger seat on rearward
facing child seats is strictly
prohibited;
2) passenger’s airbag deactivated:
(position OFF ) the warning
light on the instrument panel
is on; children may travel in the
front passenger seat if they are
suitably protected by specifi c
rearward-facing restraint systems.
The warning light remains
permanently illuminated until the
passenger’s airbag is reactivated.
WARNING: Should the warning
light
(passenger’s airbag off)
malfunction, its failure will be
shown on the display.
WARNING: Deactivation of the front
passenger airbag does not deactivate
the side airbags and the seat belt.