FIAT Bravo - Manual (Page 128)

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DASHBOARD AND CONTROLS
CORRECT USE OF THE CAR
W
ARNING
LIGHTS AND MESSAGES
IN AN
EMERGENCY
CAR
MAINTENANCE
TECHNICAL
SPECIFICA
TIONS
INDEX
SAFETY DEVICES
SIDE AIR BAGS
(Side bag -
Window bag)
The car is fitted with front side bags for
driver and passenger (where provided) for
protecting the chest and window bags
(where provided) for protecting front and
rear passengers’ head.
Side bags protect car occupants from side
crashes of medium-high severity, by plac-
ing the cushion between the occupant and
the internal parts of the side structure of
the car.
Non-activation of side bags in other types
of collisions (front collisions, rear shunts,
roll-overs, etc...) is not a system malfunc-
tion.
In case of side crash, an electronic control
unit, when required triggers the inflation
of the cushion. The cushion immediately
inflates, placing itself as a protection, be-
tween the occupant’s body and the struc-
ture that could cause injuries. Immediate-
ly after, the cushion deflates.
Side bags are not a replacement of but
complementary to the belts, which you
are recommended to always wear, as
specified by law in Europe and most non-
European countries.
SIDE BAGS
(for versions/markets, where provided)
They consist of two types of instant infla-
tion cushions and are housed in the back
rests of the front seats fig. 18. The task
of the side air bags is to increase protec-
tion of the occupants’ chest in the event
of a side crash of medium-high severity.
fig. 18 F0Q0701m
MANUAL DEACTIVATION
OF PASSENGER’S FRONT
AIR BAG AND SIDE BAG
Should it be absolutely necessary to car-
ry a child on the front seat, the passenger’s
front air bag and the side bag (where pro-
vided) can be deactivated.
The instrument panel warning light
“
will
stay on glowing steadily until reactivating
passenger’s air bag.
To deactivate the passen-
ger’s front air bag and the
side bag (for versions/markets, where
provided), refer to paragraphs “Mul-
tifunction display” and “Reconfig-
urable multifunction display” in sec-
tion “Dashboard and controls”.
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