2000 Saab 9-3 Owner's Manual - Page 27

Safety 27 • For optimum protection, sit upright in the seat, with your safety belt correctly fastened. • The sensors for the side airbags are fitted in the doors. • We advise against doing any work on the doors that could affect the moisture barrier in the door or the airbag sensors. It is essential that the moisture barrier (thick plastic film) in the door is not damaged in any way. • Improvement of the anticorrosion treatment of the doors should only be carried out by an authorized Saab dealer. Otherwise there is a risk that the side impact sensor and the moisture barrier in the door could be damaged. • The side airbags will inflate only in the event of a side impact; not in the event of a front or rear-end collision or of the car's rolling over. • Damage to the seat cover, or the seat seam, in the area of the side airbag must immediately be repaired by an authorized Saab dealer. • Do not modify the speaker installation in the front doors or install speakers other than those specifically approved by Saab. IB986 Side airbag Side airbags are housed inside the backrests of the front seats and are designed to protect the driver and front passenger in the event of a side impact. In a side impact, only the airbag on that side will be activated, and only then if certain predetermined conditions are met such as the force and angle of the impact, the speed of the car on impact, and at which point on the car's side the impact occurs. The sensors, which are fitted in the front doors, sense the rise in pressure caused by the door panel being pressed in during an impact condition. The side airbag trigger will be commanded based on the characteristics of this pressure rise. Side airbag, components 1 2 3 4 Side airbags (SRS) Sensor Moisture barrier Label on seat WARNING • This car is equipped with side airbags and no extra interior trim should be fitted. Failure to observe this warning could result in the side airbags not inflating as intended and thus not providing the intended protection either. • Never place any object in the area that would be occupied by the inflated airbag. IB987