Porsche Panamera 970 owners manual page 51

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Function of the air bag systemany protective benefits, such as in low speed Danger! accidents or higher speed accidents where the Risk of serious personal injury or death due Air bags are a supplemental safety system. Your vehicle decelerates over a longer time. Since air to the passenger air bag not triggering. primary protection comes from your safety belts.bag deployment does not occur in all accidents, Improper handling of occupant sensing can The front air bags are triggered during a frontal this further emphasizes the need for you and your unintentionally impair switching the collision of sufficient force and direction.passengers to always wear safety belts.passenger's air bag off and on. In the event of a side impact of corresponding Your vehicle is equipped with a crash sensing and If the weight on the passenger's seat is force, the side air bag on the impact side is diagnostic module. This module will record the reduced significantly, e.g., by supporting triggered. use of the seat belt restraint system by the driver weight on the armrest, the passenger's air The inflation process generates the amount of gas and front passenger when the air bags and/or belt bag can be switched off. required to fill the air bags at the necessary tentioner are triggered.f Select an upright seat position, and do not pressure in fractions of a second.Precondition for activating the restraint systems:support weight on the armrests or lean out of Air bags help to protect the head and body, while f Ignition is switched on.the window. simultaneously damping the motion of the driver Always keep feet in the footwell while driving. and passenger in the impact direction in the event Advanced air bagDo not put feet on the dashboard or the seat of a frontal impact or side impact. area. Do not lean against the inside of the door In order to help provide protection in severe Your vehicle is equipped with occupant sensing for or outside the window while the vehicle is collisions which can cause death and serious the passenger's seat in accordance with moving. injury, air bags must inflate extremely rapidly. U.S. Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 208. f If a child restraint system is installed on the Such high speed inflation has a negative but Depending on the weight, body positioning and passenger’s seat, do not adjust the seat. unavoidable side effect, which is that it can and shape acting on the passenger's seat, the does cause injuries, including facial and arm passenger's air bag will automatically be switched abrasions, bruising and broken bones. You can on and off. help minimize such injuries by always wearing your Depending on the angle and force of impact, the safety belts. passenger's air bag which is switched-on will be There are many types of accidents in which air triggered during a collision. bags are not expected to deploy. These include Precondition for switching the passenger's air bag accidents where the air bags would provide no on and off, depending on weight, body positioning benefit, such as a rear impact against your and shape: vehicle. Other accidents where the air bags are f Ignition is switched on. designed not to deploy are those where the risk of injury from the air bag deployment could exceed Seats, Mirrors and Steering Wheel 49

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