Vauxhall VECTRA Owner's Manual page 98

Seat belts must therefore always be
worn. The front airbag system serves to
supplement the three-point seat belts.
If you d o not wear your seat belt you risk
being seriously injured, or even thrown
from the vehic le, in the ev ent of an
accident.
In the event of an accident the belt helps
to keep you in the correct seating
position, so that the front airb ag system
can provide you with effective
protection.
In addition, the front airb ag sy stem will not
be triggered for the front passeng er in ver-
sions with seat occ upa ncy recognition 3 if
z the front passenger's seat is unoccupied,
z correctly insta lled Vauxhall child
restraint system with transponders 3 .
Seat occupancy detection – see p age 99.
Vauxhall child restraint systems with
transponders 3 – see pages 110, 112.
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Side airb ag 3
The side a irb ag system is identified by the
word AIRBAG on the outb oa rd sides of the
front seat backrests.
The side a irb ag system c om prises
z an airbag with infla tor in the back of the
driver's and front passenger's seat
respectively ,
z the control electronics,
z the side impact sensors,
z the airbag systems control ind icator v in
the instrum ent panel,
z seat occ upa ncy rec og nition 3,
z the c ontrol indicator for Vauxhall child
y
restraint systems with transponders 3
in the instrument panel.
The side airbag sy stem will be triggered
z depending on the sev erity of the
accident,
z depending on the ty pe of im pact,
z within the range shown in the illustration
on the centre d oor pillar of the driver's or
front passenger side,
z ind epend ently of the front airbag
sy stem.
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 sea t is unoccipied or a Vauxhall
child restraint system with transponders 3
has been installed on the passenger seat.
S eat occupancy recognition – see p age 99.
Vauxhall child restraint system with
transponders 3 – see p ages 110, 112.