Volvo S90 V90 960 owners manual page 10

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1998 Volvo S90 Chapter 1 - Occupant safety VOLVO SRS pg. 4 VOLVO SRS As an enhancement to the three-point seat belt system, your Volvo is equipped with a The airbag system includes gas generators (1) Supplemental Restraint System (SRS). The Volvo surrounded by the airbags (2) and front seat belt SRS consists of airbags (2) and knee bolsters (5) tensioners for both of the front seats (4). To deploy the on both the driver's and passenger's sides and seat system, the sensor (3) activates the gas generators belt tensioners in both front door pillars (4). The causing the airbags to be inflated with nitrogen gas. As system is designed to supplement the protection the movement of the seats' occupants compresses the provided by the three-point seat belt system.airbags, some of the gas is expelled at a controlled rate to provide better cushioning. Both seat belt tensioners also deploy, minimizing any seat belt slack. The SRS system is indicated by the "SRS" embossed on the steering wheel pad and above the glove compartment, the knee bolsters beneath The entire process, including inflation and deflation of the steering column and the glove compartment the airbags, takes approximately two-tenths of a second. and decals on both sun visors and on the far right side of the dash. WARNING! When installing any optional equipment make sure The airbags are folded and located in the center of that the SRS system is not damaged. Do not attempt the steering wheel and above the glove to service any component of the SRS yourself. compartment. They are designed to deploy during Attempting to do so may result in serious personal certain frontal or front-angular collisions, injury. If a problem arises, take your car to the impacts, or decelerations, depending on the crash nearest authorized Volvo Retailer for inspection as severity, angle, speed and object impacted. Both soon as possible. airbags and seat belt tensioners will deploy, even if the passenger seat is not occupied. file:///K|/ownersdocs/1998/1998_SV90/98S90_004.htm (1 of 7)12/30/2006 1:52:34 PM

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