BMW X5 E53 owners manual page 55

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Airbags 55n side impact. Each of the side airbags is Do not apply adhesive materials to designed to help support the upper the cover panels of the airbags, body. cover them or modify them in any other way. Do not attempt to remove the The side airbags in the rear airbag restraint system from the Overview passenger area* of your vehicle vehicle. In the event of a malfunction, may already have been deactivated deactivation, or triggered actuation (as either at the time of manufacture or by a a response to an accident) of the airbag BMW Sports Activity Vehicle center. restraint system, consult your You may have them activated if you BMW Sports Activity Vehicle center for 530us035 desire to do so. Please contact your testing, repairs or service operations. Controls BMW Sports Activity Vehicle center for Do not modify or tamper with either the 1 Front airbag for driver and front additional information.< wiring or the individual components in passenger the airbag system. These include the 2 Side Impact Head Protection System For information on the correct sitting padded steering wheel hub, the instru- for driver and passenger sides (front posture, refer to page 44. ment cluster, the side trim panels of the front or rear doors and the roof pillars or Maintenance and rear*) The airbags will not be triggered in the sides of the headliner. Do not 3 Side airbags for driver and passenger the event of a minor accident, a remove or dismantle the steering wheel sides (front and rear*) vehicle roll-over, or collisions from the yourself. To ensure compliance with rear.< official safety regulations, entrust Protective effect disposal of airbag generators to a Repairs The front airbags supplement the safety BMW Sports Activity Vehicle center. belts by providing additional protection Unprofessional attempts to service the for the front-seat occupants in the system could lead to failure in an emer- event of a severe frontal impact in gency or undesired airbag activation, which the protection afforded by the either of which could result in personal Data safety belts alone may no longer be injury. Do not touch the individual sufﬁcient. The Side Impact Head components directly after the system Protection System and the side airbags has been triggered, as otherwise there help provide protection in the event of a is a danger of burns.< Index Online Edition for Part No. 01 41 0 156 416 - © 10/01 BMW AG

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