Fiat Ducato Owner's Manual page 141

DASHBOARD
Always drive keeping your hands on the
AND CONTROLS
steering wheel crown so that, in the event
of airbag activation, it can inflate without finding
obstacles. Do not drive with your body bent for-
ward. Keep the backrest in straight position, rest-
SAFETY
ing correctly your back on it.
STARTING
AND DRIVING
With ignition key inserted, on MAR, even
if the engine is off, the air bags can acti-
WARNING LIGHTS
vate also with the vehicle stopped, if it is hit by
AND MESSAGES
another vehicle. For this reason, children must nev-
er sit on the front seat, even if the vehicle is not
moving. On the other hand, whenever the key is
IN AN EMERGENCY
positioned on STOP, the safety devices (airbags
or pretensioners) do not deploy after a collision.
In this case non-deployment of these devices does
not indicate a system malfunction.
MAINTENANCE
AND CARE
TECHNICAL
SPECIFICATIONS
If the vehicle has been subject to theft or
a theft attempt or if it has been affected
by vandalism, flooding or inundation, have the air
bag system checked at a Fiat Dealership.
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WARNING
WARNING
WARNING
WARNING
Turning the ignition key to MAR, the
warning light F (airbag on passenger's
side enabled) goes on and flashes for a few sec-
onds, thus reminding the passenger that the airbag
on his/her side will deploy in the event of a colli-
sion. After this time, the light goes off.
WARNING
Do not wash the car seats with water or
pressurised steam (both by hand or at au-
tomatic washing stations).
WARNING
The front airbag is deployed in the event
of collisions having a more severe nature
than those required to activate the pretensioners.
For collisions in the range between the two acti-
vation thresholds, the fact that only the preten-
sioners activate is normal.
WARNING
Do not hook rigid objects to cloth hangers
and to the support handles.
The air bag does not replace seat belts but increases
their efficiency. Furthermore, since front airbags are
not deployed in low speed collisions, side collisions,
rear-end shunts or roll-overs, the occupants are on-
ly protected by the seat belts which must be fas-
tened at all times.