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f Do not add any additional coverings or stickers
to the steering wheel or in the area of the
passenger airbag, side airbags, knee airbags,
and head airbags. Doing so may adversely
affect the functioning of the airbag system or
cause harm to the occupants if the airbag
system should deploy.
f No objects should be placed over or near the
airbag on the instrument panel, because any
such objects could cause harm if the vehicle is
in a crash severe enough to cause the airbag
to inflate.
f Give your passenger all of the information in
this chapter.
A modified airbag system cannot offer protection.
They may not trigger or could trigger in an
uncontrolled way. An uncontrolled triggering of the
airbag system can result in serious personal injury
or death.
f Do not modify the seat coverings, since such
changes can block the seat-mounted side
airbag. Do not attach additional cushions,
protective coverings, or pillows to the
passenger's seat. Do not affix things to the
passenger's seat or cover it with other
materials. Do not cover the back of the
backrest. Do not make changes to the
passenger's seat, the cushion or foam, the
occupant sensor, and to the seat base frame.
f No changes must be made to the wiring or
components of the airbag system.
f Do not install any wiring for electrical
accessory equipment in the vicinity of the
airbag wiring harnesses. Doing so may disable
the airbag system or cause inadvertent
inflation.
f If the warning light comes on, the airbag
system should be repaired immediately by
your authorized Porsche dealer.
f Using accessories not approved by Porsche
can cause the occupant sensing to be
impaired.
f Do not squeeze objects, such as the fire
extinguisher, or first aid kit under the seat.
f Only have seats removed and installed by an
authorized Porsche dealer so that occupant
sensing components will not be damaged.
Information
Airbag components (e.g. steering wheel, seats)
may be disassembled only by an authorized
Porsche dealer.
f When disposing of a used airbag unit, our
safety instructions must be followed. These
instructions can be obtained at any authorized
Porsche dealer.
Function of the airbag system
Airbags are a supplemental safety system. Your
primary protection comes from your safety belts.
The front airbags are triggered during a frontal
collision of sufficient force and direction.
In the event of a side impact of corresponding
force, the side airbag on the impact side is
triggered.
The inflation process generates the amount of gas
required to fill the airbags at the necessary
pressure in fractions of a second.
Airbags help to protect the head and body, while
simultaneously damping the motion of the driver
and passenger in the impact direction in the event
of a frontal impact or side impact.
In order to help provide protection in severe
collisions which can cause death and serious
injury, airbags must inflate extremely rapidly. Such
high speed inflation has a negative but
unavoidable side effect, which is that it can and
does cause injuries, including facial and arm
abrasions, bruising and broken bones. You can
help minimize such injuries by always wearing your
safety belts.
There are many types of accidents in which
airbags are not expected to deploy. These include
accidents where the airbags would provide no
benefit, such as a rear impact against your
vehicle. Other accidents where the airbags are
designed not to deploy are those where the risk of
injury from the airbag deployment could exceed
any protective benefits, such as in low speed
accidents or higher speed accidents where the
vehicle decelerates over a longer time. Since
airbag deployment does not occur in all accidents,
this further emphasizes the need for you and your
passengers to always wear safety belts.
Your Porsche vehicle is equipped with
electronically controlled systems that help to
ensure your vehicle operates properly. These
systems monitor the operation of various systems
and electronically store information that is useful
to service technicians when they need to diagnose
and repair these systems.
Your vehicle is equipped with crash-sensing
and diagnostic devices that may record
information at the time of a collision,
including whether the airbag and seatbelt
pretensioners deployed and whether the
safety belt was in use.
Modification to Airbag
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