MG RX8 - Service and Replacement of Airbags

SeatsandRestraints
•Thevehiclerollingover.
SeatSideAirbagsandSideHeadImpact
ProtectionAirbags
Undercertainconditionstheseatsideandsidehead
airbagsmaynotbedeployed.Someexamplesarelisted
below:
•Sideimpactsatcertainangles.
•Lightsideimpactssuchasamotorcycle.
•Impactsthatarenotcentraltothesideofthevehicle,
eithertoofartowardtheenginecompartmentorthe
loadspace.
•Thevehiclerollingover.
•Theangledimpactisnotofsufcientforce(theimpact
iswithanobjectthatisnotsolid,suchasalamppost
orcentralbarriers).
•Theimpactisnotofsufcientforce(withanother
vehicle,stationaryormoving).
•Theimpactisfromtherearofthevehicle.
ServiceandReplacementofAirbags
ServiceInformation
DONOTinstallormodifytheairbag.Any
changestothevehiclestructureorairbag
systemwiringharnessarestrictlyprohibited.
Changestovehiclestructureisprohibited.
Thismayaffectthenormaloperationofthe
SRS.
DONOTallowtheseareastobeoodedwith
liquidandDONOTusepetrol,detergent,
furniturecreamorpolishes.
IfwatercontaminatesorenterstheSRSit
maycausedamageandaffectdeployment.
InthiscasecontactanMGAuthorised
Repairerimmediately.
T opreventdamagetotheairbagSRS,thefollowing
areasshouldbecleanedsparinglywithadampclothand
upholsterycleanerONLY:
•Steeringwheelcentrepad.
•Areaofdashboardcontainingthepassengerairbag.
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