2004 Saab 9-3 Owner's Manual - Page 29

Safety 29 If the airbag system registers forces equivalent to a high-speed crash (airbags inflated to Stage II), the inflatable curtains will also be activated (Sport Sedan) see page 34. If the airbags are deployed, the positive terminal of the battery will be disconnected, See page 204. If a fault arises in the airbag system during a journey, the airbag warning lamp on the main instrument panel will come on and the Saab Information Display (SID) will display: Airbag malfunction. Contact Saab dealer. The car is equipped as standard with a passenger airbag. There are two impact sensors on the front bumper, under the lacquered shell. Very soon after the moment of impact, these register that the car is involved in a crash. Using this information and data from the central sensor in the control module, the control module determines whether or not to inflate the airbags. The control module also controls whether other components of the airbag system are to be deployed: safety belt pretensioners, inflatable curtains (Sport Sedan) and roll over bars (Convertible). Which airbag system components are deployed depends on a number of factors, such as the force of the crash and the angle of impact. Inflated airbag (driver's side). Inflation and deflation of airbag takes approx. 0.1 s The driver and passenger front airbags are triggered by violent front-end crashes. They are not activated by minor front-end impacts, if the car overturns or by rear- and side-impacts. Both front airbags inflated