Three-Stage Safety System; Three-Point Seat Belts - Vauxhall VECTRA Owner's Manual

72 Seats, interior

Three-stage safety system

Com prising:
z Three-point seat belts.
z Belt tensioners at the front seats.
z Airbag sy stems for driver, front
passenger and outboard rear seat
occ upa nts 3 .
The three stages are activated in sequence
depending on the sev erity of the accident:
z The automatic seat belt locking d evices
prevent the belt strap from b eing pulled
out and thus ensure that the vehicle
occ upa nts are retained in their seats.
z The front seat belts are pulled down at
the belt buckles. This mea ns the b elts fit
snugly, the occupants are d ecelerated
early with the vehic le and the body
load ing is reduced .
z The airbag systems are also triggered in
the event of serious a ccidents and form a
safety cushion for the occupa nts.
Depend ing on the severity of the
accident, the front airbags inflate in two
stages.
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Warning
The airb ag systems serve to supplement
the three-point seat b elts and belt
tensioners. The seat b elts must therefore
alway s be w orn. Disreg ard of these
instructions m ay lead to injuries or
end ang er life. Vehicle p assengers must
be inform ed a ccord ingly .
Please read the instructions provided with
the child restraint system.

Three-point seat belts

The vehicle is equipped with three-point
seat belts with automatic retrac tors and
locking d evices, allowing full freedom of
body movement a lthough the spring
tensioned seat belts alway s ensure a snug
fit.
For information on correct seating
position – see pages 52, 77, 82.
The seat belts lock during heavy
acc eleration or deceleration.