Airbag System - Porsche 911 CARRERA - 2003 Manual

Airbag
Systems
The Airbags in combination with the safety belts
makes up a safety system which offers the
driver and the passenger the greatest known
protection from injuries in case of accident.
Even if your vehicle is equipped with airbags,
the safety belts must be worn at all times,
because the front airbag system is only actu-
ated by frontal collisions with an impact of suffi-
cient severity.
See shown figure for ranges of effectiveness.
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Controls, Instruments
Below the actuation threshold of the airbag sys-
tem, and during types of collisions which do not
cause the actuation of the system, the safety
belts provide the primary protection to the occu-
pants when correctly worn.
Therefore, all persons within the vehicle
must always wear safety
belts (in many
states, state law requires the use of safety
belts). See also the chapter "Safety Belts".
The front airbags are located behind the padded
steering wheel panel on the driver's side and on
the passenger's side in the dashboard.
The side airbags (POSIP - Porsche Side Impact
Protection System) are installed in the doors
under the door trim panel.
Function
The front airbags are triggered during a frontal
collision of sufficient force.
In the event of a side impact of corresponding
force, the side airbag on the impact side is trig-
gered.
The inflation process generates the amount of
gas required to fill the airbags at the necessary
pressure in fractions of a second.
Airbags protect the face and upper body, whilst
simultaneously damping the motion of the driver
and passenger in the impact direction in the
event of a frontal impact or side impact.
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Danger!
To provide
optimal occupant protection,
airbags must inflate at very high speed.
If you are not wearing your safety belt or
are too close to the airbag when its de-
ployed, inflating airbags can result in
serious injuryor death.
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Make sure there are no people, animals or
objects between the driver or passenger and
the area into which the airbag inflates.
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Sit back as far from the dashboard or steer-
ing wheel as is practical, while still maintaining
full vehicle control.
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Do not lean against the inside of the doors.
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Always hold the steering wheel by the outer
rim.
Never rest your hands on the airbag panel.
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Never transport heavy objects on or in front
of the passenger seat.
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Always keep the lid of the door storage com-
partment closed. Objects must not protrude
out of the door storage compartment.
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Give your passenger all of the information in
this chapter.
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No
changes must be made to the wiring or
components of the airbag system.