Porsche Carrera 911 997 owners manual page 58

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Rollover Protection System Danger! Warning light The Rollover Protection System on the Cabriolet Risk of death or serious injury. consists of two supplemental safety bars that to-f Do not block area of supplemental safety bars Faults in the Rollover Protection System are indi- gether with the front windshield frame help to cre-with objects.cated by the airbag warning light in the instrument ate occupant survival space in case of rollover. Be-In the event of a deployment event, such panel. cause of the extreme and unpredictable forces objects could potentially prevent such deploy-Extension of the supplemental safety bars is no which can be encountered in a rollover, it is not ment from occuring, or such objects could longer ensured. possible to guarantee that occupants will be pro-impact the car occupants at high speed. f See your authorized Porsche dealer immedi- tected from all contact with exterior objects or the f Do not tamper with or work on wiring and or ately and have the fault remedied. ground. However, the Roll over Protection System components of Rollover Protection System. is designed to maintain the occupant survival Lowering the supplemental safety bars space. f All work regarding this system must be carried after deployment The Rollover Protection System is activated auto-out by your authorized Porsche dealer. matically in the event of an accident or extreme f Check functions and periodic service intervals f Have this work performed by an authorized driving situation. according to maintenance schedule (see your Porsche dealer. The protective devices are located behind each authorized Porsche dealer). rear seat and rapidly deploy within a fraction of a To avoid damage to the convertible top: second. If necessary, the seat-belt tensioners will be activated. f If the supplemental safety bars are extended f Please see the chapter “BELT TENSIONER” on for any reason, do not open or close converti- Page 41. ble top. They can deploy under: – Extreme tilting of the vehicle. – Loss of ground contact (e.g. Going over the crest of a hill at high speed). 56 Operation, Safety

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