22
Safety
Airbag (Supplemental
Restraint System
"SRS")
WARNING
To reduce risk of injury:
•
•
Always wear your safety belt.
Always adjust your seat so that you
are as far back as possible but still
able to reach the steering wheel and
controls comfortably.
Airbag in course of inflation (driver’s side)
SRS (airbag) system with belt
pretensioners
•
Children 12 and under or shorter than
1 Electronic control module and sensor
2 Belt pretensioners (for both front safety belts)
3 Steering wheel with integral airbag
55
inches (140 cm) should always
When the system is triggered by impact of a
frontal collision, the airbags in the steering
wheelandpassengersideofthedashboard
are inflated,afterwhichtheydeflatethrough
vents in the back of the bags.
travel in the rear as the vehicle is
equipped with an airbag on the pas-
senger side.
4 Recess for airbag on passenger’s side
The supplementary restraint system (SRS)
comprises an airbag in the steering wheel,
afront passengerairbag and sideairbagsin
the front seats.
The system supplements the protection
provided by the safety belts to further
enhance the safety of occupants.
If a fault is detected in the SRS, the
AIR BAG warning light on the main instru-
ment panel will come on (see pages 56 and
24).
The entire process takes less than
0.1
second – literally, faster than the blink-
ing of an eye.
These airbags are triggered only by moder-
ate to severe frontal or near-frontal colli-
sions. They will not be activated by minor
front-endimpacts,rear-end orsideimpacts,
or by the car rolling over.
Side airbags, see page 27.
| Categories | Saab 9-3 Manuals, Saab Manuals |
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| Tags | Saab 9-3 M2000 |
| Model Year | 2000 |
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