Side Airbags - Fiat Punto Owner's Handbook Manual

MANUAL DEACTIVATION
OF FRONT AND SIDE CHEST/
PELVIS PASSENGER AIRBAGS
(for versions/markets, where provided)
Whenever a child needs to be carried on
the front seat, the passenger's front and side
chest/pelvis airbags (for versions/ markets,
where provided) must be deactivated.
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The warning light on the instrument
panel stays on steadily until the passenger's
front and side chest airbags (for versions/
markets, where provided) are re-activated.
WARNING
To manually deactivate the
passenger's front and side
chest/pelvis airbags (for versions/mar -
kets, where provided), refer to para-
graphs "Digital display" and "Mul -
tifunction display" in the section
"Dashboard and controls".

SIDE AIRBAGS

The car is fitted with front side airbags
for driver and passenger (for versions/
mar kets, where provided) for protecting
the chest and pelvis, and window bags
(for versions/markets, where provided)
for protecting the heads of front and rear
passengers.
Side airbags (for versions/markets, where
provided) protect car occupants from
side-on crashes of medium/high severity
by placing the bag between the occupant
and the internal parts of the side structure
of the car.
Non-activation of side bags in other types
of collisions (head-on collisions, rear
shunts, roll-overs, etc...) is not an indi-
cation of system malfunction.
In the event of a side-on crash, an elec-
tronic control unit triggers the inflation of
the bag if required. The cushion immedi-
ately inflates, placing itself between the oc-
cupant's body and structures that could
cause injuries, the cushion deflates Imme-
diately afterwards.
Side bags (for versions/markets, where
provided) are not a replacement for, but
rather a complement to, the seat belts,
which should be worn at all times as spec-
ified by law in Europe and most non-Eu-
ropean countries.
fig. 17
FRONT SIDE AIRBAGS
- CHEST AND PELVIS
ZONE PROTECTION fig. 17
(for versions/markets, where provided)
Front side airbags are housed in the seat
backrests. They consist of an instant-in-
flation bag designed to increase protection
of the occupants' chest and pelvis zone in
the event of a side-on crash of medium/
high severity.
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