Airbags (SRS

Airbags (SRS)

Airbag (SRS) on the driver’s side

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The car has an SRS airbag (Supplemental Restraint System) in the steering wheel to supplement the protection afforded by the seatbelt on the driver’s side. This airbag is folded up into the centre of the steering wheel. The steering wheel is marked SRS AIRBAG.

WARNING

The seatbelts and airbags interact. If a seatbelt is not used or is used incorrectly, this may diminish the protection provided by the airbag in the event of a collision.

Passenger airbag (SRS)

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The car has an airbag 1 to supplement the protection afforded by the seatbelt on the passenger side. This airbag is folded up into a compartment above the glovebox, and its cover panel is marked SRS AIRBAG.

WARNING

To minimise the risk of injury if the airbag deploys, passengers must sit as upright as possible with their feet on the floor and backs against the backrest. Seatbelts must be secured.

1 Not all cars have a passenger airbag (SRS).

This can be unselected when the car is ordered.

WARNING

Never place a child in a child seat or on a booster cushion in the front seat if the airbag (SRS) is activated. 1 Never allow a child to stand or sit in front of the front passenger seat. No one shorter than 140 cm should sit in the front passenger seat if the airbag (SRS) is activated. Failure to follow the advice given above can endanger the life of the child.

1 For information on activated/deactivated airbag (SRS) see page 18.

Airbag system Airbags (SRS)

SRS system, left-hand drive

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The system consists of airbags and sensors. A sufficiently violent collision trips the sensors and the airbag(s) are inflated with hot gas. To cushion the impact, the airbag deflates when compressed. When this occurs, smoke escapes into the car. This is completely normal. The entire process, including inflation and deflation of the airbag, takes place within tenths of a second.

WARNING

Repairs must only be performed by an authorised Volvo workshop. Any interference in the airbag system could cause malfunction and result in serious injury.

SRS system, right-hand drive

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NOTE

The sensors react differently depending on the course of the collision and whether or not the seatbelts on the driver’s side and passenger side are used. It is therefore possible that only one (or none) of the airbags may inflate in a collision. The airbag system senses the force of the collision on the car and adapts accordingly so that one or more airbags is deployed. The capacities of the airbags are also adapted to the collision force to which they are subjected.

Location of the passenger airbag in left-hand drive and right-hand drive cars

WARNING

Do not put objects in front of or above the instrument panel where the passenger airbag is located.