SIDE AIRBAGS
The vehicle is fitted with front side bags for driver and pas-
senger (for versions/markets where provided) for pro-
tecting the chest and window bags (for versions/markets
where provided) for protecting front and rear passengers’
head.
Side bags (for versions/markets where provided) protect
vehicle occupants from side crashes of medium-high
severity, by placing the bag between the occupant and
the internal parts of the side structure of the vehicle.
Non-activation of side bags in other types of collisions
(front collisions, rear shunts, roll-overs, etc...) is not a sys-
tem malfunction.
An electronic control unit causes the bags to inflate in
the event of a frontal crash. The bags inflate instantaneously
placing themselves between the front occupant’s body and
the structures which could cause injury. They deflate im-
mediately afterwards.
Side bags (for versions/markets where provided) are not
a replacement of but complementary to the belts, which
you are recommended to always wear, as specified by law
in Europe and most non-European countries.
FRONT SIDE BAGS
– CHEST AND PELVIS ZONE fig. 146
(for versions/markets where provided)
Front side bags are housed in the seat back rests, they con-
sist of an instantly inflating bag designed to increase pro-
tection of the occupants’ chest and pelvis zone in the event
of a side crash of medium-high severity.
MANUAL DEACTIVATION
OF PASSENGER’S FRONT AIR BAG
AND SIDE BAG CHEST PROTECTION
(for versions/markets where provided)
Whenever a child needs to be carried on the front seat,
the passenger’s front airbag and the Side Bag chest pro-
tection (for versions/markets where provided) must be
deactivated.
The instrument panel warning light
F
will stay on glow-
ing steadily until reactivating the passenger’s front air bag
and the Side Bag chest protection (for versions/markets
where provided).
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DASHBOARD
AND CONTROLS
SAFETY
STARTING
AND DRIVING
WARNING LIGHTS
AND MESSAGES
IN AN EMERGENCY
MAINTENANCE
AND CARE
TECHNICAL
SPECIFICATIONS
INDEX
To deactivate the passenger’s front air bag
and the Side Bag chest protection
(for ver-
sions/markets where provided)
, refer to paragraphs
“Digital display” and “Multifunction display” in
section “Dashboard and controls”.
WARNING
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