Saab 9 3 I 1 YS3D owners manual page 33

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Safety33 Frequently asked questions on func-How do I position the seat to leave room for What won’t trigger the airbag? tion of the airbag the airbag to inflate?The airbag will not be activated in all Do you still need to wear a safety belt if air-Don’t have your seat too far forward.front-end collisions. For instance, if the car bags are fitted? Recline the seat back to increase the dis-has hit something relatively soft and yielding Yes, always! The airbag merely supple-tance between you and the airbag. For short (e.g. a snow drift or a hedge) or a solid ments the car’s normal safety system. drivers, special accessory pedal extensions object at a low impact speed, the airbag will Moreover, the airbag will only be actuated in are available through your Saab dealer.not necessarily be triggered. a moderate to severe frontal, or near-frontal Airbags inflate extremely rapidly and with collision, which means, of course, that it pro-great force - to be fast enough to protect an How loud is the inflation? vides no protection in minor frontal colli-adult in the seat. The noise of the inflation is certainly loud, sions, major rear-end or side-on collisions but it is very short-lived and will not damage or if the car rolls over. When do the airbags in the steering wheel your hearing. For a short time afterwards The safety belts help reduce the chance of and passenger side of the dash board you could experience a buzzing noise in the car occupants from being thrown around inflate? your ears. and injured inside the car. The airbag will only be inflated under certain Most people who have experienced it But they also ensure that, if a collision predetermined conditions in a moderate to cannot remember the noise of the inflation occurs in which the airbags are inflated, the severe frontal, or near-frontal collision, at all - all they remember is the noise of the airbag will make the optimum contact with depending on such factors as the force and crash. the occupant, i.e. square on from the front. angle of the impact, the speed of the car on If the occupant meets the airbag in an offset impact, and the resistance to deformation of Can you still use a child seat in the front if a position, the protection afforded will be the impacting object. passenger airbag is installed? reduced. The airbag can only be activated once in the Definitely not! In addition, airbags provide no protection same incident. Children 12 and under can be injured or against a secondary impact occurring in the Do not attempt to drive the car after an killed by the airbag. same incident. So there is no doubt about airbag has been inflated, even if it is possi- the benefit of wearing safety belts at all ble. The BACK SEAT is the SAFEST place for times. children. Do not sit too close to the airbag: it needs NEVER put a child seat in the front. room to inflate. The airbag inflates very quickly and power- fully in order to protect an adult person in a serious frontal collision.

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