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1. Go to a correspondingly qualified work-
shop and have the airbag system and
belt tensioner checked.
Airbag system or belt tensioner de-
activated with diagnostic tool
The yellow indicator lamp lights up for
around four seconds when the ignition is
switched on and then flashes for around
twelve seconds. In addition, a message
may be displayed in the instrument cluster.
At least one airbag or belt tensioner was
deactivated with a diagnostic tool.
1. Go to a correspondingly
qualified work-
shop and ask them to check whether
the airbag system or belt tensioner
must remain switched
off.
Front passenger front airbag
switched off
The yellow indicator lamp for the deactiva-
ted front passenger front airbag lights up
continuously.
The front passenger front airbag has been
switched
off.
1. Check whether the front passenger
front airbag must remain switched off,
e.g. when using a child seat on the front
passenger seat.
Front passenger front airbag
switched on
The yellow indicator lamp for the activated
front passenger front airbag lights up for
around 60 seconds after the ignition is
switched on or after switching on the front
passenger front airbag with the key-operat-
ed switch.
The front passenger front airbag has been
switched on.
1. Check whether the front passenger
front airbag must remain switched on.
Description and function of the
airbags
Please refer to at the start of the
chapter on page 52.
The airbags can protect vehicle occupants
during frontal and side collisions by reduc-
ing their movement in the direction of the
collision.
When an airbag is triggered, it is
inflated by
a gas generator. This causes the airbag
covers to break, and the airbags
inflate
forcefully to cover their deployment zones
within milliseconds. Once a vehicle occu-
pant wearing a seat belt starts to sink into
the inflated airbag, the gas inside the airbag
starts to escape to cushion the occupant
and slow down their movement. This can
reduce the risk of severe and fatal injuries.
The triggering of the airbag will not always
prevent other injuries such as swelling,
bruising and grazing. The deployment of
the airbag can also produce frictional heat.
Airbags provide no protection for the arms
or lower body.
The most important factors for triggering
the airbag are the type of accident, the an-
gle of impact, the vehicle speed and the
type of object with which the vehicle col-
lides. Therefore, visible damage to the vehi-
cle does not always mean that the airbag
should have been triggered.
The triggering of the airbag system de-
pends on the vehicle deceleration rate
caused by the collision and registered by
the electronic control unit. If this rate is be-
low the reference value programmed into
the control unit, the airbags will not be trig-
gered, even though the vehicle may be
badly damaged as a result of the collision.
Vehicle damage, repair costs or even the
lack of vehicle damage in an accident do
not necessarily give an indication of wheth-
er an airbag should
inflate or not. It is not
possible to define a range of vehicle speeds
and reference values, since the circumstan-
ces will vary considerably between one col-
lision and another. It is therefore impossible
to cover every possible kind and angle of
impact that would trigger the airbags. Im-
portant factors in the triggering of the air-
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