Fiat Barchetta owners manual page 61

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GENERAL WARNINGS pretensioners replaced. The Dealership will also check the in-WARNING The front airbags can be trig- The instrument panel tactness of the electrical system. warning light should gered if the car is subjected to ¬ come on when the ignition key is considerable crashes or involvedAny diagnostic, repair or re- in an accident concerning the un-placement operations concerningturned to MAR and go out after ap- proximately four seconds. Immedi- derbody areas, such as a violent the airbag system must exclu- ately, contact a Fiat Dealership if impact against steps, kerbs orsively be carried out at a Fiat projecting objects fastened to theDealership. the warning light either does not ground, falling into large holes or come on or stays on or comes on If you are having the car dips in the road surface. scrapped, have the airbag systemwhen travelling. A small amount of powder anddeactivated at a Fiat Dealership smoke is freed when the airbagsfirst. are triggered. This is not harmfulIf the car changes hands, the and does not indicate the princi-new owner must be made aware ple of a fire. of the indications given above andWARNING Go to a Fiat Dealership as soonbe given this Owner Handbook. When the passenger’s front as possible if the warning light airbag is active (passenger comes on when travelling (to sig-The pretensioners and front airbags are activated by the elec-front airbag deactivation switch at nal a fault) to have the problem ON), the warning light will repaired. tronic control unit according toF the type of impact. Consequent-come on for approximately four seconds and flash for other four The airbag system is guaranteedly, missed activation of one or seconds when the ignition key is for ten years. Contact a Fiatmore system components does Dealership as the expiry data ap-not indicate a fault in the system. turned to MAR to remind the driver proaches. than the passenger’s front and side airbags (where fitted) will be fired After an accident which trig- in the event of a crash. The warn- gered the airbags, go to a Fiat ing light should go out immediate- Dealership to have the entire ly afterwards. safety system, the electronic con- trol unit, the seat belts and the 60

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