Vauxhall VECTRA Owner's Manual page 101

Cont rol indica tor v for airb ag systems
The front airbag system , the side airbag
system 3 and the head a irb ag system 3
are electronically monitored together with
the seat occupancy recognition system 3
and the belt tensioners, and the operation
thereof is indicated by the control indicator
v on the instrument panel. When the
ignition is switched on, the control
indicators illum ina te for approx. 4 seconds.
If they do not illuminate, or they do not g o
off within 4 sec onds, or illuminate whilst
driving, there is a fault in the airbag
systems, the seat occupancy recognition
system 3 or the b elt tensioners – see also
page 91. The system s m ay not activa te if
an accid ent occurs.
Hav e the cause of the fa ult remedied.
We recommend that you consult a
Vauxhall Approved Repairer.
The system's integ ra ted self-diagnostics
allow s faults to be quickly remedied. have
Car Pass on ha nd when consulting a
Vauxhall App rov ed R epairer.
The control indica tors can a lso be located
in the tachometer display dial – see
page 36.
Seat occupancy recogniti on 3
The seat occupancy recognition system
deactivates the front a nd side airbag s for
the front passenger if the front passenger
seat is not occupied or a Vauxhall child
restraint system w ith transponders 3 is
fitted on the front passenger seat. The
hea d airbag system 3 remains activated.
The control indicator for seat occupancy
recognition is located in the instrument
panel. If this control indicator lights up for
app rox . 4 seconds after the ignition is
switched on, the vehicle is equip ped with
seat oc cup anc y recog nition – see
pag e 101, Fig. 13068 J .
This control indicator lights up perm a-
nently after the ignition is switc hed on
when a Vaux hall child restraint sy stem w ith
transponders 3 is fitted a s soon as the
system ha s d etec ted the seat. O nly then
can the child restraint sy stem be trans-
ported on the front passeng er seat.
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