Limited Protection From Airbags; Status Of The Front-Passenger Front Airbsg - SMART forfour Owner's Manual

deployment area, e.g. on doors, side win-
dows or side trim panels
there are no heavy, sharp-edged or fragile
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objects in the pockets of your clothing.
Stow such objects in a suitable place

Limited protection from airbags

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WARNING
If you modify an airbag cover or affix
objects such as stickers to it, the airbag
can no longer function correctly. There is
an increased risk of injury.
Never modify an airbag cover or affix
objects to it.
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WARNING
Unsuitable seat covers may obstruct or
even prevent deployment of the airbags
integrated into the seats. The airbags may
then fail to protect the vehicle occupants
as intended. There is an increased risk of
injury, possibly even fatal.
Use only seat covers which have been spe-
cifically approved for the respective seat
by smart.
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WARNING
Sensors to control the airbags are located
in the doors. Modifications or work not per-
formed correctly to the doors or door pan-
elling, as well as damaged doors, can lead
to the function of the sensors being
impaired. The airbags might therefore not
function properly any more. Consequently,
the airbags cannot protect vehicle occu-
pants as they are designed to do. This
poses an increased risk of injury.
Never modify the doors or parts of the
doors. Always have work on the doors or
door panelling carried out at a qualified
specialist workshop.
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WARNING
An airbag that has been deployed once
cannot provide any further protection and,
in the event of an accident, can no longer
perform its intended protective function.
There is an increased risk of injury.
Have the vehicle towed to a qualified spe-
cialist workshop to have the deployed air-
bag replaced.
Have deployed airbags replaced immedi-
ately.
Status of the front-passenger front air-
bag
PASSENGER AIR BAG indicator lamps
The front-passenger front airbag can be
enabled or disabled using the airbag-off
switch in the instrument cluster on the
front-passenger side (
The PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF indicator lamp
and PASSENGER AIR BAG ON indicator lamp
are part of the front-passenger front airbag
deactivation system.
The indicator lamps display the status of the
front-passenger front airbag.
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF lights up: the
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front-passenger front airbag is disabled.
It will then not be deployed in the event of
an accident.
PASSENGER AIR BAG ON lights up: the
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front-passenger front airbag is enabled.
The front-passenger front airbag may
deploy during an accident.
If the front-passenger seat is occupied, make
sure that the status of the front-passenger
front airbag is correct for the prevailing con-
ditions both before and during the journey.
Children in a child restraint system:
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whether the front-passenger front airbag
must be enabled or disabled depends on
the installed child restraint system, and
Occupant safety
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