Alfa Romeo Spider 2008 Owner's Manual page 128

The front air bags (driver and passen-
ger) and knees air bags (driver and pas-
senger) are not a replacement of but
complementary to the use of belts,
which should always be worn, as spec-
ified by law in Europe and most non Eu-
ropean countries.
In case of crash, a person not wearing
the seat belt moves forward and may
come into contact with the cushion while
it is still inflating. Under this circum-
stance the protection offered by the air
bag is reduced.
Front air bags may not be activated in
the following situations:
❒ front collisions against highly de-
formable objects not affecting the
car front surface (e.g. bumper colli-
sion against guard rail, etc.);
❒ in case of wedging under other ve-
hicles or protective barriers (for ex-
ample under a truck or guard rail);
fig. 9
❒ the air bag is not triggered as it offers
no additional protection compared
with the seat belts, consequently it
would be pointless. Therefore, failure
to come into action in the above cir-
cumstance does not mean that the
system is not working properly.
WARNING
Do not apply stickers
or other objects to the
steering wheel or to the air
bag cover on the passenger's
side or on the side roof lining.
Never put objects (e.g. mobile
phones) on the dashboard on
passenger side since they
could interfere with proper
passenger air bag inflation and
also cause serious injury.
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fig. 10
DRIVER'S FRONT AIR BAG
It consists of an instant-inflating cushion
contained in a special recess in the cen-
tre of the steering wheel fig. 9.
PASSENGER'S FRONT
AIR BAG
It consists of an instant-inflating cush-
ion contained into a special recess in the
dashboard fig. 10 this cushion has a
volume bigger than that of the driver.
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