SAFETY
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which could cause injury. It will deflate
immediately afterwards.
Front airbags are not a replacement of
but complementary to the seat belts,
which you are recommended to always
wear, as specified by law in Europe and
most non-European countries.
In the event of a collision, someone not
wearing a seat belt could move forward
and come into contact with a bag
which is still opening. The protection
offered by the bag is compromised in
these circumstances.
The front airbags may not be deployed
in the following cases: frontal impact
against highly deformable objects not
involving the front surface of the car
(e.g. wing collision against guard rail);
in the case of the car wedging under
other cars or protective barriers (e.g.
under trucks or guard rails).
Failure to activate in the conditions
described above is due to the fact
that they may not provide any
additional protection compared with
seat belts, so their activation would
be inappropriate. In these cases,
non-deployment does not indicate a
system malfunction.
The driver's and passenger's front
airbags have been designed and
calibrated to protect front seat
occupants wearing seat belts. At
their maximum inflation, their volume
fills most of the space between the
steering wheel and the driver and
between the dashboard and the
passenger.
The airbags are not deployed in the
event of minor frontal impacts (for
which the restraining action of the seat
belts is sufficient). Seat belts must
always be worn. In the event of a
frontal impact, they ensure the correct
positioning of the occupant.
Driver's side front airbag
112)
This consists of an instantly
inflating bag contained in a special
compartment in the centre of the
steering wheel ((A) fig. 120).
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Passenger's front airbag
This consists of an instantly
inflating bag contained in a special
compartment in the dashboard
fig. 121: this bag has a larger volume
than the driver's.
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Passenger's front airbag and child
restraint systems
113)
Rearward facing child restraint systems
must NEVER be fitted on the front
seat with an active passenger side
bag since in the event of a collision
the airbag deployment may cause fatal
injuries to the transported child.
ALWAYS comply with the instructions
on the label stuck on both sides of the
sun visor (fig. 122).
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