Skoda Octavia Owner's Manual page 20

WARNING
The airbag control unit operates using pressure sensors located in the front
doors. For this reason, no adjustments may be carried out to the doors or
door panels (e.g. installation of additional loudspeakers). Resulting damage
can have a negative impact on the function of the airbag system. Any work
on the front doors and door panels must be carried out by a specialist ga-
rage. The following guidelines must be observed.
Never drive with inner door panels removed.
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Never drive if parts of the inner door panel have been removed and the
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resulting openings have not been properly sealed.
Never drive if the loudspeakers in the doors have been removed, unless
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the loudspeaker openings have been properly sealed.
Always make sure that the openings are covered or filled if additional
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loudspeakers or other equipment parts have been installed in the inner
door panels.
Always have work carried out by a ŠKODA service partner or a professio-
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nal specialist garage.
WARNING
Only hang light items of clothing on the hooks fitted in the vehicle. Never
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leave any heavy or sharp-edged objects in the pockets of the items of
clothing.
Ensure that there are no excessive forces, such as violent knocks, kicks
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etc., impact on the backrests of the seats otherwise the system may be
damaged. The side airbags would not be deployed in such a case!
Any seat or protective covers which you fit to the driver or front passen-
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ger seats must only be of the type expressly authorized by ŠKODA. In view
of the fact that the airbag inflates out of the backrest of the seat, use of
non-approved seat or protective covers would considerably impair the pro-
tective function of the side airbag.
Any damage to the original seat covers in the area of the side airbag mod-
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ule must be repaired immediately by a specialist garage.
The airbag modules in the front seats must not display any damage,
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cracks or deep scratches. It is not permissible to use force in order to open
the modules.
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Safety
Note
In vehicles with side airbags at the front, a label with the word AIRBAG is lo-
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cated on the front seat backrests.
In vehicles with rear side airbags, the word AIRBAG is located between the
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entrance area and the rear seat rest.
Head airbags
Fig. 13 Location of the head airbag/gas-filled head airbag
In the event of a severe side collision, the head airbag system offers additional
protection for the head and neck area of passengers.
The head airbags are positioned above the doors on both sides of the vehicle
interior » Fig. 13 - .
In the event of a side collision the head airbag is deployed together with the
relevant side airbag and the front seat belt tensioner on the side of the car on
which the accident occurs.
When deployed, the airbag covers the window area of the front and rear doors,
as well as the area of the door pillar
Head impact with interior parts is reduced by the inflated head airbag. The re-
duction in any impact to the head and the resultant minimizing of any move-
ments of the head additionally reduce the risk of injuries to the neck area.
WARNING
General information
There must not be any objects in the deployment area of the head air-
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bags which might prevent the airbags from inflating properly.
» Fig. 13 - .
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