Fiat 500 Abarth Owner's Handbook Manual - page 78

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CORRECT USE OF THE 

CAR

W

ARNING

LIGHTS AND MESSAGES

IN AN

EMERGENCY

CAR

MAINTENANCE

TECHNICAL

SPECIFICA

TIONS

INDEX

YOUR CAR

SAFETY DEVICES

DRIVER’S KNEES AIR BAG

(where provided) fig. 14

It consists of an instant-inflating cushion

housed into a special compartment pro-

vided for the purpose under the lower

post guard at driver’s knees level, designed

to give further protection in the event of

frontal crash.

MANUAL DEACTIVATION OF

PASSENGER’S FRONT AIR BAG

AND SIDE BAG (where provided)

Should it be absolutely necessary to car-

ry a child on the front seat, the passenger’s

front air bag and the Side Bag (where pro-

vided) can be deactivated.

The instrument panel warning light 

“

will

stay on glowing steadily until reactivating

the passenger’s front air bag and the Side

Bag (where provided).

WARNING To deactivate the passenger’s

front air bag and the Side Bag (where pro-

vided), refer to paragraphs “Digital dis-

play” and “Multifunctional display” in sec-

tion “Your car”.

SIDE BAGS - 

WINDOW BAGS 

(where provided)

SIDE BAG fig. 15

It consists of an instant-inflating cushion

housed in the front seat backrest. It pro-

tects the chest and the hips of the pas-

sengers in the event of side crash of medi-

um-high severity.

fig. 14

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