S Eat Occupancy Recognition - Opel GT Owner's Manual

48 Seats, interior
Seat oc cupancy recognition
The seat occupancy recognition system
deactivates the passenger's airbag if the
passenger's sea t is not occupied.
Control indicators W and V for seat
occupancy recognition a re located on the
centre console. Both control indica tors
illuminate for app rox . 5 seconds after the
ignition is switched on, then either W or V
illuminates continuously .
If both control indicators illuminate
continuously , or neither illum inates after
the ignition is sw itc hed on, there is a fault in
the seat occupancy recognition system.
The airbag and b elt tensioner systems m ay
fail to deploy in the event of an accident or
may deploy unnecessarily. H ave cause of
fault remedied immediately by a
workshop.
Belt tensioners - see pa ge 41,
Airbag system s - see p age 45.
Control indica tor W illuminates
continuously as soon as the system ha s
detected that the passenger's sea t is not
oc cup ied. The airbag for the passenger's
seat is dea ctiv ated.
Pa y attention to the control indicators for
seat occupancy recognition.
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Warnin g
If the pa ssenger's seat is not occupied,
control indicator W m ust illuminate
continuously in the centre console after
the ignition is switched on.
If control indicator W does not illum inate
while driving, the airbag sy stems have
not been dea ctivated on the passenger's
side and m ay deploy unnec essarily in the
event of an accident.
In this case, check that the seat bac krest
is not pushing down onto the seat
cushion. Recline back rest if necessary. If
control indicator W d oes not illuminate
after adjusting backrest, ha ve cause of
fault remedied by a workshop.