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Each lateral airbag is fitted in the seat backrest

frame, on the door side.

Advice

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Deployment

Warning

The lateral airbags are deployed on one side in

the event of a serious side impact applied to all

or part of the side impact zone B.

The lateral airbag inflates between the chest of

the vehicle's occupant and the corresponding

door panel.

For the airbags to be fully effective,

observe the safety recommendations

below.

Adopt a normal upright sitting position.

Fasten the seat belt ensuring it is correctly

positioned and adjusted.

Do not leave anything between the

occupants and the airbags (a child, pet,

object, etc.), nor fix or attach anything close

to or in the way of the airbag release

trajectory; this could cause injuries during

their deployment.

Never modify the original definition of your

vehicle, particularly in the area directly

around the airbags.

After an accident or if the vehicle has been

stolen, have the airbag systems checked.

All work on the airbag systems must only be

performed by a CITROËN dealer.

Even if all of the precautions mentioned

are observed, a risk of injury or of minor

burns to the head, chest or arms cannot be

ruled out when an airbag is deployed. The

airbag inflates almost instantly (within a few

milliseconds) then deflates within the same

time discharging the hot gas via openings

provided for this purpose.

Warning

Changing the OE seat cover or using

an additional seat cover may affect the

deployment of the side airbags.

1.

Driver's front airbag

Passenger's front airbag

Side airbag

Curtain airbags

2.

3.

4.

(Depends upon variant)

This system helps provide greater protection

for the driver and passengers (with the

exception of the rear centre passenger) in the

event of a serious side impact, in order to limit

the risk of injury to the side of the head.

Each curtain airbag is built into the pillars and

the upper passenger compartment area.

Curtain airbag

Deployment

It deploys simultaneously with the

corresponding lateral airbag in the event of a

serious side impact applied to all or part of the

side impact zone B.

The curtain airbag inflates between the front

and rear occupants of the vehicle and the

corresponding windows.

Malfunction

Warning

If this warning lamp comes on in the

instrument panel, you must contact

a CITROËN dealer to have the sys-

tem checked.

Do not drive holding the steering

wheel by its spokes or resting your hands on

the centre part of the wheel.

Passengers must not place their feet on the

dashboard.

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Do not smoke as deployment of the airbags

can cause burns or the risk of injury from a

cigarette or pipe.

Never remove or pierce the steering wheel

or hit it violently.

Do not fix or attach anything to the steering

wheel or dashboard, as this could cause

injuries when the airbags are deployed.

Do not fix or attach anything to the steering

wheel or dashboard, as this could cause

injuries when the airbags are deployed.

Warning

Relying on the air bags alone could

lead to more severe injuris in a collision.

The air bags work with your seat belt to

restrain you properly.

Warning

Lateral airbags

Warning

Lateral airbags Use only approved seat

covers compatible with the deployment of

these airbags. For information on the range

of seat covers suitable for your vehicle,

contact a dealer.

Do not fix or attach anything to the seat

backrests (e.g. clothing) as this could cause

injuries to the chest or arm when the airbag

is deployed.

In the event of a minor impact or

bump at the side of the vehicle or if the

vehicle rolls over, the airbags may not be

employed.

In the event of a rear or front collision, none

of the lateral airbags are deployed.

Warning

A lap belt worn too high can increase

the risk of injury in a collision.

The seat belt forces won't be at the strong

hip and pelvic bones, but across your

abdomen.

Always wear the lap part of your seat belt as

low as possible and keep it snug.

Warning

Do not sit with the upper part of the body

any nearer to the door than necessary.

Side airbags need to inflate. Do not

lean against the door or window.

Sit upright in the center of the seat.

In some collisions, the airbags won't deply at

all.

Warning

A twisted seat belt may not protect

you properly. In a collision, it could even cut

into you.

Be sure the seat belt is flat against your

body, without twists.

If you can't straighten a seat belt in your

vehicle, take it to an authorized dealer

immediately and have it fixed.

Warning

Deployed airbags and seat belt

pretensioners cannot protect you in another

collision.

Have the airbags, seat belt pretensioners,

and the seat belt retractor assembliers

replaced by an authorized dealer

immediately.

Always wear your seat blet even though you

have airbags.

Warning

Front airbags

Also, have the Occupant Restraint Control

System serviced as well.

Do not drive holding the steering wheel

by its spokes or resting your hands on the

centre part of the wheel.

Passengers must not place their feet on the

dashboard.

Do not smoke as deployment of the airbags

can cause burns or the risk of injury from a

cigarette or pipe.

Never remove or pierce the steering wheel

or hit it violently.

Warning

A seat belt that is worn under your

arm is dangerous. Your body could strike the

inside surfaces of the vehicle in a collision,

increasing head and neck injury. A seat

belt worn under the arm can cause internal

injuries. Ribs aren's as strong as shoulder

bones. Wear the seat belt over your shoulder

so that your strongest bones will take the

force in the collision.

Warning

Two peole should never be belted into

a single seat belt. People belted together

can crash into one another in a collision,

hurting one another badly.

Never use a lap/shoulder belt or a lap blet for

more than one person, no matter what their

size.

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Remember to fasten the seat belts or the

harness of child seats, keeping the slack

relative to the child's body to a minimum,

even for short journeys.

When installing a child seat using the seat

belt, ensure that the seat belt is tightened

correctly on the child seat and that it

secures the child seat firmly on the seat of

the vehicle.

Child restraint system

Child seats

5

"Rearward facing" and "Forward facing"

Ensure that the head restraint is stored or

attached securely to prevent it from being

thrown around the vehicle in the event of

sharp braking. Refit the head restraint once

the child seat has been removed.

Warning label on the sun visor - Front

passenger airbag

When a "rearward facing" or"forward facing"

child seat is installed on a rear passenger seat:

► Move the vehicle's front seat forward and

straighten the backrest so that the legs of the

child in the forward-facing or rearward-facing

child seat itself do not touch the vehicle's front

seat.

NEVER use a rearward facing child restraint

on a seat protected by an ACTIVE AIRBAG

in front of it, SERIOUS INJURY to the CHILD

may occur.

Warning

Additional protections

To prevent accidental opening of the doors

and rear windows, use the "Child lock".

Take care not to open the rear windows by

more than one third.

Do not install a rear-facing child re-

straint on the front passenger’s seat.

Centre rear seat

To protect young children from the sun's

rays, fit side blinds on the rear windows.

As a safety measure, do not leave:

A child seat with a support leg must never be

installed on the centre rear passenger seat.

A child in a rear-facing child restraint

could be seriously harmed if the pas-

senger's front airbag inflates.

-

A child alone and unsupervised inside a

vehicle.

Warning

The incorrect installation of a child

seat in a vehicle compromises the

protection of the child in the event of

accident.

A child or an animal in a vehicle which

is exposed to the sun, with the windows

closed.

The inflated airbag would be too close to the

back of a rear-facing child restraint.

-

The keys within reach of children inside

the vehicle.

Warning

An incorrectly installed child seat

compromises the child's safety in the event

of an accident.

Ensure that there is no seat belt or seat belt

buckle under the child seat, as this could

destabilise it.

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Summary table for installation of universal, ISOFIX child seats

This table gives the options for installing child seats secured using the seat belt and universally approved as well as the ISOFIX seat positions equipped

with ISOFIX mounting in the vehicle.

Seating positions

2^ndrow outboard LH

2^ndrow outboard RH

2^ndrow Center

2 AIRBAG VARIANT

Front passenger

Position compatible with a universal child seat

(U)

No

Yes

No

Position compatible with an i-Size child seat

Position equipped with a Top Tether fixing

"Rearward facing" ISOFIX child seat

No

"Forward facing" ISOFIX child seat

Seating positions

2^ndrow outboard LH

2^ndrow outboard RH

2^ndrow Center

6 AIRBAG VARIANT

Front passenger

Position compatible with a universal child seat

(U)

No

Yes

Position compatible with an i-Size child seat

Position equipped with a Top Tether fixing

"Rearward facing" ISOFIX child seat

No

Yes

No

"Forward facing" ISOFIX child seat

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Seat position where the installation

of a child seat is forbidden.

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Seat position where securing an I-

Size child seat is authorised.

Presence of a Top Tether anchorage

point at the rear of the backrest. al-

lowing a universal ISOFIX "forward

facing" child seat to be secured.

6Airbag

"ISOFIX" mountings

The seats shown below are fitted with ISOFIX

compliant mountings:

2Airbag

- One ring B, located behind the seat and

indicated by marking, referred to as the TOP

TETHER, for fixing the upper strap.

Seat position where the installation

of a child seat is forbidden.

This system prevents the child seat from

tipping forwards in the event of a front impact.

This ISOFIX mounting system ensures fast,

reliable and safe fitting of the child seat in the

vehicle.

The mountings comprise three rings for each

seat, indicated by a marking:

-Two rings A, located between the vehicle seat

backrest and cushion.

Seat position suitable for the instal-

lation of a child seat secured using

belt and universally approved "rear-

ward facing" and/or "forward facing".

ISOFIX child seats are fitted with two latches

which are secured on the two rings A.

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Some seats also have an upper strap which is

attached to the ring B.

Group 0+: from birth to 13 kg

To secure the child seat to the TOP TETHER:

Remove and stow the head restraint before

installing the child seat on this seat (refit it

once the child seat has been removed).

BRITAX RÖMER BABY-SAFE 3 iSize

► Pass the strap of the child seat behind

the seat backrest, centring it between the

openings for the head restraint rods.

Installed in "rearward facing" position, using

an ISOFIX base which is attached to rings A.

Is only installed on the outer rear seats.

The base has a support leg, height-adjustable,

which rests on the vehicle's floor.

► Secure the upper strap hook to ring B.

► Tighten the upper strap.

Warning

Group 1: from birth to 18 kg

BRITAX RÖMER DUALFIX

An incorrectly installed child seat in a

vehicle compromises the child's safety in the

event of an accident.

Strictly observe the fitting instructions

provided in the user guide supplied with the

child seat.

Installed in "rearward facing" position, is at-

tached to rings A and ring B, refered to as

TOP TETHER, using an upper strap.

Is only installed on the outer rear seats.

The head restraint on the outer rear seat

must be fully raised.

Tip

For information about the options for

fitting ISOFIX child seats in your vehicle,

refer to the summary table.

Adjust the front seat of the vehicle so that

the child's feet do not touch the backrest.

RECOMMENDED ISOFIX CHILD

SEATS

Tip

Also consult the user guide from the

child seat's manufacturer to find out how to

install and remove the seat.

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