Vauxhall VECTRA Owner's Manual page 88

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Warning
Seat belts m ust therefore a lways be worn.
The front a irb ag system serv es to
supplement the three-point seat belts. If
you do not wea r your seat belt you risk
being seriously injured, or even thrown
from the vehic le, in the ev ent of an
accident.
In the event of an a ccident the seat belt
helps to keep y ou in the correct seating
position, so tha t the front airbag system
can provid e you with effective p rotection.
In add ition, the front a irb ag system w ill
not be trig gered for the front passenger's
seat in model v ariants with seat occupancy
recognition 3 if:
z the front passenger' s seat is unoccupied,
z there is a prop erly fitted Va ux ha ll child
restraint system with transponders 3 .
Seat oc cup ancy recognition – see
page 87. Vauxhall child restraint system
with transponders 3 – see page 77.
Side airb ag 3
The side a irb ag system is identified by the
word AIRBAG on the outb oa rd sides of the
front seat backrests.
The side a irb ag system c om prises:
z an airbag with infla tor in the back of the
driver's and front passenger's seat
respectively ,
z the control electronics,
z the side-impact sensors,
z control indicator for airb ag sy stems v in
instrument cluster,
z seat occ upa ncy rec og nition 3,
z the control indicator for Va ux ha ll child
y
restraint systems with transponders 3
in the od om eter displa y.
Seats, interior
The side airbag sy stem will be triggered:
z depending on the sev erity of the
accident,
z depending on the ty pe of im pact,
z within the range shown in the illustration
on the centre d oor pillar of the driver's or
front passenger' s side,
z ind epend ently of the front airbag
sy stem.
Exception:
Front p assenger's seat with seat
occupancy recognition system 3. The seat
occupancy recognition sy stem dea ctivates
the front and side airbags 3 on the front
passenger' s side if the front passenger's
seat is unoccupied or a Vauxhall child
restraint system w ith transponders 3 has
been fitted to the front passenger's seat.
S eat occupancy recognition - see pag e 87.
Vauxhall child restraint system with
transponders 3 - see pag e 78.
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