Seat Mii owners manual page 20

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Safety as swelling, bruising and skin injuries can becle collides, the collision angle and the vehi- tened throughout the trip. This rule is valid ruled out. Upon deployment of the airbag,cle speed. for all vehicle occupants. friction can cause the generation of heat. Airbags act in conjunction with the three- Airbags do not protect the arms or the lowerpoint seat belts in certain accident situa-WARNING part of the body. tions, when the vehicle deceleration rate is Occupants sitting in the front of the vehicle severe enough to trigger the airbags. Airbags The most important factors for triggering the must never carry any objects in the deploy- only deploy once and only under certain cir- ment space between them and the airbags, airbag are the type of accident, the angle of cumstances. Seat belts remain present to of- as this increases the risk of sustaining inju- impact, the vehicle speed and the character- fer protection in situations where airbags are ries if the airbag is triggered. This modifies istics of the object the vehicle hits. Therefore, not triggered or where they have already de-the airbag deployment space or the objects airbags are not triggered every time the vehi- ployed. For example, when a vehicle hits an-may fly uncontrollably and hit your body. cle is visibly damaged. other after an initial collision or is hit by an- ● Never carry objects in your hand or on your The activation of the airbag system dependsother vehicle. lap while the vehicle is in motion. on the magnitude of the deceleration of the ● Never transport objects on the front pas- The airbag system is an integral part of the vehicle caused by a collision, which registers senger seat. In the event of sudden braking car's passive safety system. The airbag sys- through an electronic control unit. If the de- and manoeuvres, the objects may end up in tem can only work effectively when the vehi- celeration magnitude value is below the ref- the airbag deployment space and fly uncon- cle occupants are wearing their seat belts erence value programmed in the control unit, trollably around the interior if the airbag is correctly and have adjusted the head re- the airbags will not deploy even though seri- activated. straints properly  ››› page 6. ous damage might be caused to the vehicle ● Occupants of the front and rear seats must as the result of an accident. Damage suffered never carry any other people, pets or objects WARNING by the vehicle, reparation costs or absence of in the deployment space between them and Never exclusively trust the airbag system as a damage suffered from the accident are not the airbags. Make sure children and other means of protection. indications of whether an airbag should have passengers also respect this recommenda- been deployed. Due to the varying nature of● Even when triggered, airbag protection istion. collision situations, it is impossible to defineonly auxiliary. a speed range of the vehicle and reference ● The airbags provide the best protection WARNING values. For this reason, it is not possible to when the seat belts are properly fastened, The airbag system provides protection for cover all types of collisions and collision an-thus reducing the risk of sustaining injuries one accident only. If they have been de- gles resulting in the deployment of the air-››› page 11, Using seat belts. ployed, they must be replaced. bag. Factors necessary for the airbag to be ● Before each trip, every occupant must sit deployed can be, the characteristics of the properly, correctly fasten the seat belt be- object (hard or soft) against which the vehi-longing to his or her seat and keeping it fas- 18

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