Fiat 600 Owner's Manual - page 59

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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR CAR

The switch has two positions:

1) Passenger side airbag activated:

(position ON P), instrument panel

warning light off. Do not carry chil-

dren on the front seat.

2) Passenger side airbag deactivated:

(position OFF F), instrument panel

warning light on. A child can be car-

ried on the front seat with a suitable

restraint system.

The instrument panel warning light

F will stay on until the passenger

side airbag is reactivated. 

GENERAL WARNINGS

The front airbags (on driver and pas-

senger side, where fitted) can be trig-

gered if the car is subjected to strong

knocks or impacts underneath, e.g. vi-

olent crashes into steps, kerbs or fixed

projections from the ground, falling to

large holes or dips in the road. 

When the airbag inflates it emits heat

and a small amount of smoke. This is

harmless and does not indicate the be-

ginning of a fire.

The air bag system has a validity of

14 years as concerns the pyrotechnic

charge and 10 years as concerns the

coil contact (see the plate located on

the front left door post near door

hinges).

As these dates approach, contact Fi-

at Dealership to have them replaced.

After an accident which triggered the

airbags, go to a Fiat Dealership to

have the entire safety system, the elec-

tronic control unit, the seat belts and

the pretensioners replaced. The Fiat

Dealership will also check the in-

tactness of the electrical system. 

Any diagnostic, repair or replace-

ment operations concerning the airbag

system must exclusively be carried out

at a Fiat Dealership.

If you are having the car scrapped,

have the airbag system deactivated at

a Fiat Dealership first.

If the car changes hands, the new

owner must be made aware of the in-

dications given above and be given this

Owner Handbook.

Pretensioners and front airbags are

triggered by the electronic control

unit according to different types of im-

pacts. Missed triggering of the system,

consequently, does not indicate a fault

in the system. 

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