BMW 840Ci, Руководство пользователя

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Driver's airbag
d
Passenger's airbag
The airbag restraint systems protect
the driver/front passenger in a severe
head-on collision. The inflated airbag
restrains forward movement of the
seat's occupant and protects his or
her head and upper body against
injury.
The picture shows the area within
which the airbag restraint system is
triggered off.
In less severe accidents and if the car
rolls over, is sideswiped or struck from
the rear, protection is provided by the
seat belt alone.
a
The airbag is an additional safety
device. It must not be regarded as an
alternative to wearing the seat belt.
c
Telltale light
From ignition key position 1
on, the telltale light confirms
that the system is operational.
System operational:
d
The telltale comes on for about
6 seconds or 2 seconds
*
and then
goes out.
System defective:
d
The telltale light does not come on.
d
The telltale comes on for about
6 seconds or 2 seconds
*
, goes out
briefly and then comes on again.
d
The telltale flashes for 5 minutes
during a journey, then remains on
permanently.
d
The telltale remains on perma-
nently
*
or flickers
*
.
If there is a system fault, there is a risk
that it will not be triggered off even if a
sufficiently severe accident occurs
within the airbag range.
Please have it checked by BMW
Service without delay.
b
The airbag telltale light also
comes on if the belt catch tensioner is
triggered off.
c
What happens when the system
is triggered off?
The airbags, which are concealed
under the flaps in the steering wheel
or in the fascia, are inflated rapidly
and burst out of the preformed aper-
ture in the padded covers.
The entire process takes place with
great force, within only a twentieth of
a second.
In view of the system's very brief
response time, the noise of propellant
ignition, inflation and subsequent
deflation is lost in the general acci-
dent situation.
Propellant gas and small quantities of
gaseous fumes are released when the
airbag is triggered off. They do not
represent a health hazard or imply that
the car has caught fire.
The sudden increase in pressure
inside the car when airbags are
inflated may temporarily impair the
occupants' hearing.
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Airbags
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