FIAT Punto User Manual
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The airbag system has a validity of 14 years for the
pyrotechnic charge and 10 years for the coil contact
(see the plate located in the glove compartment).
Contact Fiat Dealership for replacement as these dates
approach.
IMPORTANT Should an accident occur in which any
of the safety devices is activated, take the car to a Fiat
Dealership to have the devices activated replaced and
to have the system checked.
All control, repair and replacement operations
concerning the air bags must only be carried out c/o
Fiat Dealership.
If you are having the car scrapped, have the airbag
system deactivated at a Fiat Dealership first. If the car
changes ownership, the new owner must be informed
of the method of use of air bags and the above
warnings and also be given this “Owner handbook”.
IMPORTANT The triggering of pretensioners, front
air bags and front and rear side bags is decided in a
differentiated manner by the electronic control unit,
depending on the type of crash.
The failure to deploy one or more of them does not
mean that the system is not working properly.
CORRECT USE OF THE CAR
W
ARNING
LIGHTS AND MESSAGES
IN AN
EMERGENCY
CAR
MAINTENANCE
TECHNICAL
SPECIFICA
TIONS
INDEX
DASHBOARD
AND
CONTROLS
SAFETY DEVICES
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