Lancia Lybra owners manual page 48

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SIDE AIRBAGS In the event of a side collision theIMPORTANT The front and/or side (SIDE BAG – WINDOW BAG) electronic control unit processes theairbags can be triggered if the car is Purpose of the side airbags is to in-signals coming from a decelerationinvolved in hard impacts or collisions sensor and, if required, fires the bags.in the area of the underbody, e.g.: vi- crease passenger protection in the olent impacts against steps, kerbs or The bag inflates instantly and acts event of a side impact of medium to projecting objects fixed to the ground, high severity. as a soft protective barrier between the body of the front seat passengersor if the car falls into large pot-holes Side airbags consist of an instantly or dips in the road surface. inflatable bag: and the car door. The bag deflates im- mediately afterwards. - the side bag is housed in the frontIn the event of side collisions at lowIMPORTANTWhen the airbag is seat backs. This solution ensures thatspeed, the restraining action of the the bag is always in an optimal posi-seat belts is sufficient and the airbagfired it emits a small amount of pow- tion with respect to the passenger, re-is not inflated.ders and smoke. This is not harmful gardless of the seat position; and does not indicate the beginning of The airbag, as a consequence, is nota fire. Furthermore the surface of the - since the window bag is a “win- inflated bag and the passenger com- a replacement for the use of seat belts dow” system it is housed in the roof partment may be covered with pow- side covering, masked with a properbut rather a complement. We recom- dery residues. This powder may irri- mend that seat belts are worn at all finishing that enables bag deflation tate skin and eyes. In the event of ex- times as prescribed by legislation in downwards. This solution has been posure, wash with mild soap and wa- Europe and most other countries studied for protecting the head and ter. world-wide. therefore to offer the best passenger Side airbags are not deactivated by protection in the event of a side im- front airbag switch operation, as de- pact. The “window” solution offers scribed in the previous paragraph and the aforesaid top protection perfor- mance through the wide deflation sur-therefore in the event of side impact, protection is guaranteed also to any face and the self-supporting charac- child carried on the front passenger teristics, the same type of protection is also offered to rear seat passengers.seat. 47

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