Vauxhall Astra Owner's Manual page 90

Seat belts must therefore always be
worn. The front airbag system serves 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 accident the belt helps
to keep you in the correct seating
position, so that the front airb ag system
can provide you with effective
protection.
In addition, the front airb ag sy stem will not
be triggered for the front passenger in
versions 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 occupancy recognition - see page 91.
Vauxhall child restraint sy stem with
transponders 3 – see pa ge 102.
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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 the airbag systems control ind icator v in
the instrum ent panel,
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 courtesy light.
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 driver's door or front passenger
door,
z ind epend ently of the front airbag
sy stem.
Exception: Pa ssenger seat with seat
occupancy recognition system 3. The seat
occupancy recognition sy stem dea ctivates
the pa ssenger front and sid e airbags if the
passenger seat is unoccupied or a
Vauxhall child restraint system with
transponders 3 has been fitted to the
passenger seat. S eat occupa ncy
recognition – see p age 91. Vauxhall child
restraint sy stem with transponders 3 – see
pag e 102.