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base frame.
e Do not modify any wiring or components of the
airbag system.
e Do not install any wiring for electrical accessory
equipment in the vicinity of the airbag wiring
harnesses. Doing so may disable the airbag sys-
tem or cause inadvertent inflation.
e If the airbag warning light on the tachometer il-
luminates, the airbag system should be repaired
immediately by your authorized Porsche dealer.
e Using accessories not approved by Porsche can
cause the capacitance occupant sensing system
to be impaired.
e Do not squeeze objects, such as the fire extin-
guisher, or first aid kit under the seat.
e Only have seats removed and installed by an au-
thorized Porsche dealer so that capacitance oc-
cupant sensing components will not be
damaged.
Information
Airbag components (e.g. steering wheel, seats) may
be disassembled only by an authorized Porsche
dealer.
When disposing of a used airbag unit, our safety in-
structions must be followed. These instructions can
be obtained at any authorized Porsche dealer.
Function of the Airbag System
Airbags are a supplemental safety system. Your pri-
mary protection comes from your seat belts. The
front airbags and head curtain airbags are triggered
during a frontal collision of sufficient force and
direction.
In the event of a side impact of corresponding force,
the side and curtain airbag on the impact side is
triggered.
The inflation process generates the amount of gas
required to fill the airbags at the necessary pressure
in fractions of a second.
Airbags help to protect the head and body, while si-
multaneously damping the motion of the driver and
passenger in the impact direction in the event of a
frontal impact or side impact.
In order to help provide protection in severe colli-
sions which can cause death and serious injury, air-
bags must inflate extremely rapidly. Such high speed
inflation has a negative but unavoidable side effect,
which is that it can and does cause injuries, including
facial and arm abrasions, bruising and broken bones.
You can help minimize such injuries by always
wearing your seat belts.
There are many types of accidents in which airbags
are not expected to deploy. These include accidents
where the airbags would provide little or no benefit,
such as a rear impact, or certain diagonal impacts
against your vehicle. Other accidents where the air-
bag system is designed not to deploy are those
where the risk of injury from the airbag deployment
could exceed any protective benefits, such as in low
speed accidents or higher speed accidents where
the vehicle decelerates slowly over a longer time.
Since airbag deployment does not occur in all acci-
dents, this further emphasizes the need for you and
your passengers to always wear seat belts.
Your Porsche vehicle is equipped with electronically
controlled systems that help to ensure your vehicle
operates properly. These systems monitor the oper-
ation of various systems and electronically store in-
formation that is useful to service technicians when
they need to diagnose and repair these systems.
Your vehicle is equipped with crash-sensing diag-
nostic devices that may record information at the
time of a collision, including whether the airbag and
seatbelt pretensioners deployed and whether the
seat belt was in use.
To retrieve this information, special equipment is
needed and access to the vehicle or feature that
stores that data is required. Some states only allow
access to such information under restricted circum-
stances, including:
– In response to a request of police or other gov-
ernment office; or
– with the consent of the registered owner, or if
the vehicle is leased, with the lessee, or
– through a discovery process in litigation; or as
otherwise permitted or required by law.
Your rights with respect to the information dis-
cussed above may vary from state to state. Check
your state law for further information.
Advanced Airbag
Your vehicle is equipped with capacitance occupant
sensing for the front passenger seat in accordance
with U.S. Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard
208.
The components of the advanced passenger airbag
system include a capacitance occupant sensing
system for the front passenger seat and a PASSEN-
GER AIR BAG OFF/ON indicator light. The system
measures the electrical capacitance acting on the
seat to determine whether the front passenger air-
bag should be switched on or off.
Depending on the angle and force of impact, only a
passenger airbag that is switched-on by the capaci-
tance system will be triggered during a collision. You
can determine the on/off status of the passenger
airbag system from the indicator lamp on the over-
head console.
> Please see chapter "Automatic deactivation of
the passenger airbag" on page 50.
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