Saipa Tiba 2, Owner'S Manual

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Supplementary safety
equipment-Air Bag
Vehicle air bag duty*
The vehicle is equipped with a
dual unit system as supplementary
safety equipment.
This consists of driver's air bag
and front passenger's air bag. In
some models, only driver's air bag
is installed.
Air bag is used to increase the
passenger's safety. It is necessary
to mention that the air bag can not
play the safety belt role.
Undeployment of air bag in
some accidents
In many accidents such as side or
rear impacts, rollovers, collisions
of several vehicles, and collisions
at low speeds, the air bag does not
operate.
It deploys when the passenger
moves toward the air bag from
different sides.
Importance of safety belt
usage
There are four important reasons for
the use of safety belt and air bag.
1- To hold the passengers in a fixed
condition and to prevent them from
moving toward the air bag.
2- To protect the passengers in
rollovers, side and rear collisions in
which the air bag does not deploy.
3- To protect the passengers in
minor front collisions in which the
air bag does not deploy.
4- To prevent the passengers from
shooting to the outside of the vehicle.
* Depending on the vehicle model
Airbag
Warning
Attention
In the vehicles equipped with the
air bags, buckling up the safety
belts is mandatory for all the
passengers. This will prevent
serious injuries which would
occur during the accidents.
- The safety belt protects the
driver from moving toward the air
bag.
- The air bags inflate only in
severe front accidents and it
does not deploy in successive
collisions of several vehicles.
- When trapping the vehicle in
the flood (penetration of water
into the vehicle), do not turn the
ignition switch in ON position to
unlock the steering wheel before
disconnecting the battery. This
may cause the air bag to inflate
and the passengers get injury.
In different models there are
2 models of instrument panel
which only differ in figure and
operation of airbag warning
light , refer to pages 60-61.