Porsche Carrera 911 997 owners manual page 47

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f Using accessories not approved by Porsche Airbags help to protect the head and upper body, Advanced Airbag can cause the weight sensing system to be im-while simultaneously damping the motion of the paired. driver and passenger in the impact direction in the Your vehicle is equipped with a weight sensing sys- f Do not squeeze objects, such as the fire extin-event of a frontal impact or side impact.tem for the passenger's seat in accordance with guisher, or first aid kit under the seat.In order to help provide protection in severe colli-U.S. Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 208. sions which can cause death and serious injury, Depending on the weight acting on the front pas- f Only have seats removed and installed by an airbags must inflate extremely rapidly. Such high senger's seat, the front passenger's airbag will au- authorized Porsche dealer so that weight sens-speed inflation has a negative but unavoidable tomatically be switched on and off. ing components will not be damaged.side effect, which is that it can and does cause in-Depending on the angle and force of impact, the f Give your passenger all of the information in juries, including facial and arm abrasions, bruising front passenger's airbag which is activated will be this chapter. and broken bones. You can help minimize such in-triggered during a collision. juries by always wearing your safety belts.Precondition for switching the front passenger's Note There are many types of accidents in which airbag on and off, depending on weight: Airbag components (e.g. steering wheel, door lin- airbags are not expected to deploy. These include – Vehicles equipped with key-operated airbag ing, seats) may be disassembled only by an autho-accidents where the airbags whould provide no deactivation device: rized Porsche dealer. benefit, such as a rear impact against your vehi-Switch position AUTO. cle. Other accidents where the airbags are de- When disposing of a used airbag unit, our safety signed not to deploy are those where the risk of – Ignition key is inserted. instructions must be followed. These instructions injury from the airbag deployment could exeed any Improper handling of the weight sensing can be obtained at any authorized Porsche dealer.protective benefits, such as in low speed acci-system can unintentionally impair switching dents or higher speed accidents where the vehicle the passenger's airbag off and on. Function of the airbag systemdecelerates over a longer time. Since airbag de- ployment does not occur in all accidents, this fur- Airbags are a supplemental safety system. Your ther emphasizes the need for you and your pas- primary protection comes from your safety belts.sengers to always wear safety belts. The front airbags are triggered during a frontal col-Your vehicle is equipped with a crash sensing and lision of sufficient force and direction.diagnostic module. This module will record the In the event of a side impact of corresponding use of the seat belt restraint system by the driver force, the side airbag on the impact side is and front passenger when the airbags and/or belt triggered. tensioner work. The inflation process generates the amount of gas required to fill the airbags at the necessary pres- sure in fractions of a second. Operation, Safety 45

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