Skoda Superb 2014 Owner's Manual page 20

WARNING
Only hang light items of clothing on the hooks fitted in the vehicle. Never
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leave any heavy or sharp-edged objects in the pockets of the items of
clothing.
Ensure that there are no excessive forces, such as violent knocks, kicks
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etc., impact on the backrests of the seats otherwise the system may be
damaged. The side airbags would not be deployed in such a case!
Any seat or protective covers which you fit to the driver or front passen-
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ger seats must only be of the type expressly authorized by ŠKODA. In view
of the fact that the airbag inflates out of the backrest of the seat, use of
non-approved seat or protective covers would considerably impair the pro-
tective function of the side airbag.
Any damage to the original seat covers in the area of the side airbag mod-
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ule must be repaired immediately by a specialist garage.
The airbag modules in the front seats must not display any damage,
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cracks or deep scratches. It is not permissible to use force in order to open
the modules.
Note
In vehicles with side airbags at the front, a label with the word AIRBAG is lo-
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cated on the front seat backrests.
In vehicles with rear side airbags, the word AIRBAG is located between the
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entrance area and the rear seat rest.
Head airbags
Fig. 12 Location of the head airbag/gas-filled head airbag
In the event of a severe side collision, the head airbag system offers additional
protection for the head and neck area of passengers.
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Safety
The head airbags are positioned above the doors on both sides in the interior
of the car » Fig. 12 - .
In the event of a side collision the head airbag is deployed together with the
relevant side airbag and the belt tensioner on the side of the car on which the
accident occurs.
The airbag covers the windows of the front and rear doors, as well as the door
pillar when it is deployed » Fig. 12
Head impact with interior parts is reduced by the inflated head airbag. The re-
duction in any impact to the head and the resultant minimizing of any move-
ments of the head additionally reduce the risk of injuries to the neck area.
The head airbag also offers additional protection in the case of an offset im-
pact by covering the front door pillar.
WARNING
General information
There must not be any objects in the deployment area of the head air-
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bags which might prevent the airbags from inflating properly.
Only hang light items of clothing on the hooks fitted in the vehicle. Never
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leave any heavy or sharp-edged objects in the pockets of the items of
clothing. Additionally, clothes hangers must not be used to hang up items
of clothing.
The installation of impermissible accessories in the vicinity of the head
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airbags can considerably impair the protection offered by the head airbag in
the event of it being deployed. When the deployed head airbag is inflated,
parts of the accessories fitted could be thrown into the interior of the car
and injure the occupants » page
The sun visors must not be swivelled towards the side windows in the
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deployment area of the head airbags if any objects, such as ball-point pens,
etc. are attached to them. This might result in injuries to the occupants if
the head airbag is deployed.
There must not be any further persons, animals or objects positioned be-
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tween the seated occupants and the deployment area of the airbag. In ad-
dition, none of the occupants should lean their head out of the window
when driving, or extend their arms and hands out of the window.
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