Airbag Systems - Porsche 911 Turbo 2014 Owner's Manual

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Opening belt buckle an removing belt
1. Hold the belt tongue.
2. Press the red button on the belt buckle.
3. Guide the belt tongue to approx. 7 cm below
the deflection bracket of the strap reel and
lock using the plastic slide (figure).
The function of the plastic slide is to hold the
belt tongue in an easily accessible position.
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Seats, Mirrors and Steering Wheel

Airbag Systems

The vehicle is equipped with airbag and lap/
shoulder belt at both front seating positions. The
airbag is a supplemental restraint at those seating
positions.
The airbags in combination with the safety belts
make up a safety system which offers the driver
and the passenger the greatest known protection
from injuries in case of accident.
Your vehicle is equipped with occupant sensing for
the passenger's seat in accordance with
U.S. Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 208.
Even if your vehicle is equipped with airbags, the
safety belts must be worn at all times,
because the front airbag system is only actuated
by frontal collisions with an impact of sufficient
severity.
Below the deployment threshold of the airbag
system, and during types of collisions which do
not cause the actuation of the system, the safety
belts provide the primary protection to the
occupants when correctly worn. Therefore, all
persons within the vehicle must wear safety
belts at all times (in many states, state law
requires the use of safety belts) to minimize the
risk of severe injury or death in the event of a
crash.
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Please see the chapter "SAFETY BELTS"
on page 36.
The front airbags are located under the padded
steering wheel panel on the driver's side, in the
dashboard on the passenger's side, and in the
knee area for both the driver and the passenger.
The side airbags for the front seats are installed
on the side in the seat backrests.
The head airbags are installed in the door linings.
Information
To minimize the risk of severe injury or death in the
event of a crash, all occupants, including the
driver, should always wear their safety belts
whether or not an airbag is also provided at their
seating position.
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Safety Belts and
DANGER
Positioning
Airbags only can offer protection, if all occupants
fasten their safety belts and retain a proper sitting
position.
To provide optimal occupant protection, airbags
must inflate at very high speed. If you are not
wearing your safety belt or are too close to the
airbag when it is deployed, inflating airbags can
result in serious personal injury or death.
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Always fasten safety belts.
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Make sure there are no people, animals or
objects between the driver or passenger and
the area into which the airbags inflate.