Alfa Romeo 147 owners manual page 40

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001-057 Alfa 147 Q2 GB 4-07-2008 11:58 Pagina 39 FRONT AIR BAGS It is formed of an instantly-inflating cush-s Front Air bags are designed to protect car’ ion contained in a special recess: occupants in front crashes and therefore non- Description and operation – in the centre of the steering wheel for activation in other types of collisions (side The front Air bag (driver’s and passenger’s) the driver; collisions, rear-end shunts, roll-overs, etc.) is a safety device that comes into action in – in the dahsboard and with a larger-sized is not a system malfunction. the event of a head-on collision. cushion for the passenger. In collisions against highly deformable or The front Air bag (driver’s and passenger’s) mobile objects (road signposts, heaps of ice is a device designed to protect the occupants or snow, etc.), rear collisions (hit from be- in the event of a head-on collision of medi- hind by another car), side collisions, wedg- um-high severity by the interposition of the ing under other cars or protective barriers cushion between the occupant and the steer- (for example under a lorry or guard rail) cut- A0A1010m ing wheel or dashboard. ting in of the air bag is not activated as it In the event of a crash, the electronic con- does not offer any more protection than the trol unit processes the signals leading from seat belts, therefore activaton would be in- appropriate. GETTING TO KNOW YOUR CAR a deceleration sensor and when necessary Therefore the failure to be triggered does triggers inflation of the cushion. not mean that the system is not working. The cushion inflates instantly as a protec- tive barrier between the occupants’ bodies and the structures which could cause injury. The cushion deflates immediately after- wards. WARNING fig. 54 The front Air bag (driver’s and passenger’s) Never put stickers or other A0A1011m does not replace but is complementary to objects on the steering wheel, the use of belts, which should always be worn, as specifed by law in Europe and most on the cover of the passenger’s Air non-European countries. bag or on the right side cover of the In the event of a crash a person that is not roof. Never put objects on the dash- wearing the seat belt moves forwards and board in front of the passenger (for example mobile phones) which might may come into contact with the cushion interfere with the correct inflation of while it is still opening. Under these cir- the passenger’s Air bag and therefore cumstances the protection offered by the cushion is reduced. injure the car’s oc cupants. fig. 55 39

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