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B eyond the warning required by ECE
R94.02, for safety reasons a forward-
facing child restraint system must only
be used subject to the instructions and
restrictions in the table "Child restraint
installation locations".
The airbag labels are located on the
mirror side fig. 160 and aesthetic side
fig. 161 of the front passenger sun visor.
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161
FRONT AIRBAG SYSTEM
The front driver/passenger airbags
protect the front seat occupants in the
event of frontal impacts of medium/high
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severity, by placing the bag between the
occupant and the steering wheel or
dashboard.
The front airbag system consists of an
instantly inflating bag contained in a
special compartment in the centre of the
steering wheel fig. 162 and one in the
dashboard on the front passenger side
fig. 163. These can be identified by the
word AIRBAG.
WARNING Do not use particularly
aggressive products to clean the steering
wheel airbag cover.
The front airbag system is triggered in
the event of a front-end impact of a
certain severity. The ignition must be
switched on.
Therefore non-activation of airbags in
other types of collisions (side impacts,
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rear shunts, roll-overs, etc.) does not
indicate a system malfunction.
The driver and passenger front airbags
are not a replacement for, but are
complementary to, the seat belts, which
should always be worn as required by
law in Europe and most non-European
countries.
In the event of impact, anyone not
wearing a seat belt is projected forwards
and may come into contact with the bag
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while it is still inflating. The protection
offered by the bag is compromised in
these circumstances.
The front airbags may not activate in the
case of a frontal impact against highly
deformable objects not involving the
front surface of the vehicle (e.g. wing
collision against guard rail) or in the
case of the vehicle wedging under other
vehicles or protective barriers (e.g. under
trucks or guard rails).
Failure to activate in the conditions
described above is due to the fact that
they may not provide any additional
protection compared with seat belts, so
their activation would be inappropriate.
In these cases, non-deployment does not
indicate a system malfunction.
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