Supplementary Restraint System (Srs) - Airbag; Front Airbags - Fiat 500 C Owner's Handbook Manual

SUPPLEMENTARY
RESTRAINT SYSTEM
(SRS) - AIRBAG
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The vehicle may be equipped with:
❒ front driver airbag;
❒ front passenger airbag;
❒ driver's side knee bag;
❒ driver and passenger front side
bags for pelvis, chest and shoulder
protection (Side bags);
❒ side bags for head protection of
front seat passengers
(window bag);
❒ side bags for head protection
of the front seat passengers and
rear side seat passengers
(for versions/markets, where
provided) (window bag).
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FRONT AIRBAGS

The front driver/passenger airbags and
the driver's knee bag (for
versions/markets, where provided)
protect the front seat occupants in the
event of frontal impacts of
medium/high severity, by placing the
bag between the occupant and the
steering wheel or dashboard.
Therefore non-activation in other types
of collisions (side collisions, rear
shunts, roll-overs, etc.) is not a system
malfunction.
An electronic control unit will make the
bag inflate
in the event of a frontal impact.
The bag will inflate instantaneously
placing itself between the front
occupants body and the structures
which could cause injury. It will deflate
immediately afterwards.
Front airbags are not a replacement of
but complementary to the seat belts,
which you are recommended to
always wear, as specified by law in
Europe and most non-European
countries.
In the event of an impact, someone not
wearing a seat belt could move
forward and come into contact with a
bag which is still in the opening phase.
The protection offered by the bag is
compromised in these circumstances.
The front airbags (driver, passenger,
driver's knee bags) are designed and
calibrated to protect front seat
passengers wearing seat belts.
Their volume at the moment of
maximum inflation fills most of the
space between the steering wheel and
the driver, between the lower post
guard and the knees on passenger
side and between the dashboard and
the passenger.
The airbags are not deployed in the
event of minor frontal impacts (for
which the restraining action of the seat
belts is sufficient).
Seat belts must always be worn. In the
event of head-on collisions, they
ensure the correct positioning of the
occupant.