PEUGEOT 807, Handbook

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Airbags
Good practice
If your vehicle is fi tted with a front
passenger air bag, side air bags or
curtain air bags, observe this good
practice.
Sit in a normal upright position.
Wear a correctly adjusted seat belt.
Do not leave anything between the
occupants and the air bags (a child,
pet, object...). This could hamper the
operation of the air bags or injure the
occupants.
After an accident or if the vehicle has
been stolen or broken into, have the air
bag systems checked.
All work on the air bag system is strictly
forbidden unless it is carried out by
quali fi ed personnel of the PEUGEOT
network.
Front air bags
Do not drive holding the steering wheel
by its spokes or resting your hands on
the centre part of the wheel.
Passengers must not place their feet
on the fascia.
Smoke as little as possible as
deployment of the air bags can cause
burns or the risk of injury from a
cigarette or pipe.
Never remove or pierce the steering
wheel or hit it violently.
Side air bags
Only put approved covers on the seats.
These will not hinder in fl ation of the
side air bags. Consult a PEUGEOT
dealer.
Do not
fi x or glue anything to the seat
backs. This could cause injury to the
chest or arms when the side air bag
in fl ates.
Do not sit with the upper part of the
body any nearer to the door than
necessary.
Curtain air bags
Do not fi x or glue anything to the roof.
This could cause injury to the head
when the curtain air bag in fl ates.
Do not remove the grab handles
installed on the roof, they play a part in
securing the curtain air bags.
Even if all of the precautions
mentioned are observed, a risk of
injury or of minor burns to the head,
chest or arms when an air bag is
triggered cannot be ruled out. In fact,
the bag in fl ates almost instantly (within
a few milliseconds) then de fl ates within
the same time discharging the hot gas
via openings provided for this purpose.