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owners manual Skoda Octavia - year of production: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 - Skoda Octavia II 2 owners manual EN
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156 Airbag system
Function of the head airbags Important safety information on the head airbag
The risk of injury to the head and neck area is reduced in the event of a Correct use of the airbag system considerably reduces the risk of injury!
side collision by fully inflated head airbags.
WARNING
It is essential to always switch off page157, “Deactivating an airbag” the
front passenger airbag when attaching a child safety seat on the front
passenger seat where the child is seated with its back facing in direction of
travel (in some countries also when the chil d is facing the direct ion of travel). If
this is not done, there is a risk of the ch ild suffering severe or even fatal injuries
if the front passenger airbag is deployed. In certain countries national legal
provisions also require that the side or head passenger airbags be deactivated.
Fig. 139 Inflated head airbagWhen transporting a child on the front passenger seat, please comply with the
appropriate national regulations regarding the use of child safety seats.
In the case of a side collision the head airbag is deployed together with the relevant There must not be any objects in the deployment area of the head airbags
side airbag fig. 139 and the belt tensioner on the side of the car on which the acci-which might prevent the airbags from inflating properly.
dent occurs. Only hang light items of clothing on the clothes hooks to the vehicle. Never
If the system is deployed, the airbags are filled with propellant gas and extend over the leave any heavy or sharp-edged objects in the pockets of the items of clothing.
entire area of the side window including the door pillar fig. 139.In addition, it is not permitted to use clothes hangers for hanging up items of
clothing.
The protection offered by the head airbags is thus available simultaneously both to the The airbag control unit operates together with the sensors, which are
front occupants of the car seated on the side on which the accident occurs, as well as attached in the front doors. For this reason no adjustments must be carried out
to the rear occupants. Any impact of the head against parts of the interior or objects at the doors as well as at the door panels (for example additional installation of
outside of the car, is cushioned by the inflated head airbag. The reduction in any loudspeakers). Resulting damages can have a negative affect on the operation
impact to the head and the resultant minimizing of any movements of the head addi-of the airbag system. All work on the front doors and their panels must only be
tionally reduce the risk of injuries to the neck area. The head airbag also offers addi-carried out by a specialist garage.
tional protection in the case of an offset impact by covering the front door pillar. There must not be any other persons (e.g. children) or animals between the
In certain accident situations, the front, side and head airbag are simultaneously car occupant and the deployment area of the head airbag. In addition, none of
deployed. the occupants should lean their head out of the window when driving, or
The airbags inflate in fractions of a second and at a high speed in order to be able to extend their arms and hands out of the window.
offer that additional protection in the event of an accident. A grey white, non harmful The sun visors must not be swivelled to the side windows into the deploy-
gas is released when airbag is inflated. This is perfectly normal and is not an indication ment area of the head airbags if any objects, such as ball-point pens etc. are
of a fire in the vehicle. attached to them. This might result in injuries to the occupants if the head
airbag is deployed.
Installing impermissible accessories in the area of the head airbags may
considerably impair the protection offered by the head airbag in the event of it
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