Vauxhall Zafira Owner's Manual page 80

76 Seats, Interior
z Use only a dry cloth or interior cleaner to
clean the steering wheel, instrum ent
panel, front seat b ackrests, roof fram e
and seat cushion of the front
passenger's seat. Do not use a ny
aggressiv e c leaning agents.
z Only protective covers which are
approved for your vehicle with sid e
airb ag sy stem may be fitted on the front
seats. When fitting the protective c ov ers,
make sure that the airba g units on the
outboard sides of the front seat
backrests are not c ov ered.
z The airbag system s are triggered
independently of each other depending
on the severity of the a ccident and the
ty pe of im pact. The sid e airba g system
and the curtain airbag sy stem 3 are
trigg ered together. See pa ge 74 for
exceptions.
z Each airbag is triggered once only. Have
deployed airbag s replaced immediately
by a work shop.
z The speeds, directions of movement and
deformation properties of the vehicles,
and the properties of the obstacle
concerned, d eterm ine the severity of the
accident and trig gering of the airb ags.
The degree of damag e to y our v ehicle
and the resulting repa ir costs alone a re
not indicative that the criteria for
trigg ering of the airba gs were met.
z Do not m odify airbag system
com ponents, since this would render the
vehicle unroadworthy.
9
Warning
If handled improperly the airbag systems
can be triggered in an exp losive m anner –
risk of injury!
z We recommend having the steering
wheel, the instrument panel, all panelling
parts, the door seals, the handles and
the seats removed by a workshop.
z When disposing of the vehicle, the safety
reg ulations applicable to this must b e
observed. H ave the vehicle d isposed of
by a comp any which reuses vehicle
parts.
z Persons weighing less than 35 kg should
only travel on the rear seats. This does
not apply to children who are travelling
in child restraint systems with
transp onders 3.
z In v ehicles with seat occ upa ncy
rec og nition 3, do not place any heavy
objec ts on the front passenger' s seat
otherwise the airbag system s for the
front p assenger's seat may b e triggered
in the event of an accident.
z In v ehicles with seat occ upa ncy
rec og nition 3, to prev ent malfunctions
do not use protective c ov ers or extra seat
cushions on the front passeng er's seat.
z In order to p revent malfunctions when
using a Vauxhall child restraint system
with transponders 3 on the front
passeng er's seat, no objects (e.g. plastic
sheet, stickers or heated mats) may be
placed und er the child restraint sy stem.
9
Warn ing
Child restraint systems as well as other
objects must never be carried on the lap
of passengers; risk of fatal injury . If
carried in this way , child restraint systems
with tra nsponders 3 in vehicles w ith seat
occupancy recognition 3 could lead to
front passenger' s airb ag systems not
being triggered in the event of an
accident.