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Before Driving

Child Seat Belt Fastening

Warning: An infant or child that is not correctly restrained

can be seriously injured or killed in a crash. Seat belts are

designed for adults and larger children; infants and smaller

children must be restrained in an approved child safety seat.

Make sure that there is no slack in the webbing and that the restraint

installs correctly across the child's rib cage and hips. These are the

parts of the body most able to take the force of impact.

The lap strap should pass across the top of the child’s thighs, bearing

on the pelvis, not on the abdominal area.

Airbags

Supplemental Restraints System

The vehicle is equipped with driver and passenger airbags. The

airbags and seat belt pre-tensioners are electrically controlled by the

restraints system.

The front airbags (A) only deploy in a

serious front collision. The side airbags,

located in the front seats (B) only deploy

according to which side has been

impacted in a serious side collision.

The purpose of the airbags is to provide

additional protection for the driver and

passengers in the event of a serious

impact (front or side impacts). The

airbags are supplementary to the seat

belts.

Important airbag safety labels are located

on the sun visors and on the end of the

instrument panel (passenger side). Make sure that the instructions on

these labels are read and complied with before driving the vehicle.

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Before Driving

Airbag Deployment

Warning: The use of accessory seat covers may prevent the

deployment of the side airbags and increase the risk of injury in

an accident. Do not use accessory seat covers.

Warning: All passengers, including the driver, should always

wear seat belts, whether or not an airbag is provided, to

decrease the risk of injury or death in the event of a crash.

Warning: No objects whatsoever should be attached to the

centre cover of the steering wheel or the front passenger fascia

panel. Such objects could cause harm if the vehicle is in a

collision severe enough to cause the airbags to deploy.

Airbags inflate rapidly and with considerable force; there is therefore

a risk of death or serious injury such as fractures, facial and eye

injuries or internal injuries, particularly to passengers who are not

correctly restrained by seat belts or are not sitting correctly when the

airbags deploy. The risk of injury from a deploying airbag is greatest

close to the trim panel covering the airbag.

The whole sequence of events from sensing the impact to full

inflation of the airbag takes place in a fraction of a second. The noise

and gas associated with the deployment of the airbags is not injurious

to health.

Do not change, modify or tamper with the steering wheel, passenger

side fascia or any other part of the airbag system. Such actions could

disable the system or cause inadvertent airbag deployment.

The system will not deploy in the event of minor frontal or side

impacts, such as contacts when parking.

The airbag system is not designed to protect against rear impacts.

All work on the airbag system must only be carried out by an Aston

Martin Dealer.

If you are considering modifying this vehicle in any way to

accommodate a disability, for example by altering or adapting the

driver's or passenger's seat or airbag systems, please contact Aston

Martin: Customer Service Manager, Aston Martin North America,

One Premier Place, Irvine, CA 92618.

[A] : Front airbag deployment

[B] : Front seats side airbag deployment

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