Airbags - BMW M COUPE Manual

Airbags

1 Front airbags for driver and front
passenger
2 Side airbags
Protective effect
The front airbags help protect the driver
and passenger in the event of a head-
on collision where the protection pro-
vided by the safety belt alone would not
be adequate. The side airbags help
provide protection in the event of a side
collision. Each side airbag provides
support to the side chest area.
The illustration depicts schematically
the primary directions of vehicle impact
which initiate airbag deployment.
Indicator lamp
The indicator lamp displays the
operational readiness of the air-
bag system from ignition key
position 1 and up.
System operational:
> The indicator lamp comes on briefly.
System malfunction:
> The indicator lamp fails to come on.
> The indicator lamp comes on briefly
before going out and then lighting up
again.
A system malfunction could prevent the
system from responding to a high-in-
tensity frontal impact occurring within
its normal response range.
Please have your BMW center inspect
and repair the system as soon as possi-
ble.
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