Passenger’s Front Air Bag; Manual Deactivation Of Passenger’s Front Air Bag - Alfa Romeo 147 Owner's Manual

PASSENGER'S FRONT AIR BAG
The passenger's front Air bag has been de-
signed to improve the protection of a person
wearing a seat belt. Its volume at maximum
inflation fills most of the space between the
dashboard and the passenger.
SERIOUS DANGER:
The car is fitted with
front passenger's air bag. Never
place cradle child's seats on the front
passenger's seat of cars equipped
with passenger's air bag since the air
bag activation could cause serious in-
juries, even mortal. In the case of
need, always deactivate the pas-
senger's air bag when a child's seat
is placed on the front seat. The front
passenger's seat shall be adjusted in
the most backward position to pre-
vent any contact between child's seat
and dashboard. Even if not ruled by
law, for better protection of adults
you are recommended to reactivate
the air bag immediately as soon as a
child transport is no longer necessary.
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MANUAL DEACTIVATION
OF PASSENGER'S FRONT
AIR BAG
(upon request for versions/
markets where applicable)
Should it be absolutely necessary to car-
ry a child on the front seat, the passenger's
front air bag can be deactivated.
WARNING
Deactivation/reactivation takes place with
ignition key at STOP and operating it in
the special key switch on the right-hand side
of the dashboard (fig. 56). Access to the
switch is only possible with the door open.
fig. 56
WARNING
Use the switch only with
the engine off and the ig-
nition key removed.
The key switch (fig. 56) has two posi-
tions:
1) Passenger's front Air bag active: (ON
P
position ) warning light on check panel
off; it is absolutely prohibited to carry chil-
dren on the front seat.
2) Passenger's front Air bag deactivated:
F
(OFF position ) warning light on check
panel on; it is possible to carry children pro-
tected by special restraint systems on the
front seat.
F
The warning light
el glows steadily until the passenger's Air
bag is reactivated.
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Deactivation of the front passenger's Air
bag does not prevent operation of the side
Air bags.
With the door open the key can be inserted
and removed in both positions.
on the check pan-