Side Air Bags - Alfa Romeo 156 GTA Owner's Manual

The key switch (fig. 63) has two posi-
tions:
1) Passenger's front Air bag active: (ON
position P) 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:
(OFF position F) warning light F on
check panel on; it is possible to carry chil-
dren protected by special restraint systems
on the front seat.
fig. 63
The warning light F on the check pan-
el glows steadily until the passenger's Air
bag is reactivated.
Deactivation of the front passenger's air
bag does not prevent operation of the side
Air bag.
With the door open the key can be inserted
and removed in both positions.
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SIDE AIR BAGS

(SIDE BAG - WINDOW BAG)
The side bag and window bag have the
task of increasing protection of the occu-
pants in the event of a side crash of medi-
um-high severity.
They are formed of an instantaneously-in-
flating cushion:
– the side bag is housed in the back rest
of the front seats; with this solution it is al-
ways possible to have the cushion in the op-
timum position in relation to the passenger,
regardless of the adjustment of the seat;
– the window bags, which are "curtain"
cushions, are housed in the side roof lining
covered by a special trim, which makes it
possible to extend the cushion downwards.
This solution, designed to protect the head,
makes it possible to offer the highest degree
of protection to the front and rear occupants
in the event of side crash, thanks to the wide
cushion inflation surface.
In the event of a side crash, an electronic
control unit processes the signals leading
from a deceleration sensor and activates,
when necessary, inflation of the bags.
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