Vauxhall VECTRA Owner's Manual page 96

Vauxhall Full Size airbag s yste m
Front airb ag
The front airbag system is identified by the
word AI RBAG on the steering wheel and
above the glov e c om partment.
The front airbag system comprises
z an airbag with inflator in the steering
wheel and a second one in the
instrum ent panel,
z the control elec tronics with impact
sensor,
z the a irb ag system s control indicator v in
the instrument panel,
z seat occupancy recognition 3 ,
z the control indicator for Va ux hall child
y
restraint system s with transponders 3
in the instrument panel.
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The front airb ag system will be trigg ered
z depending on the severity of the
accident,
z depending on the type of impact,
z within the range shown in the illustration,
z indep endent of side airbag a nd head
airbag sy stem 3.
Exception:
Passenger sea t with sy stem for seat
occupancy recognition 3. The seat
occupancy recognition sy stem dea ctivates
the pa ssenger front and sid e airbags if the
passenger seat is unoccupied or a
Vauxhall child restraint system with
transponders 3 has been installed on the
passenger seat. S eat occupa ncy
recognition – see p age 99. Vauxhall child
restraint sy stem with transponders 3 – see
pag es 110, 112.
Examples of events triggering the front
airbag sy stem:
z Impact against a non-y ielding obstacle:
the front airbags are trigg ered at low
vehicle speed.
z Impact against a yield ing obstacle:
(such as another vehicle): the front
airbags are only triggered at a hig her
vehicle speed.