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Safety systems
Seat occupancy recognition
3
The seat occupancy recognition system
deactivates the front and side airbags for
the front passenger if the front passenger’s
seat is not occupied or a Vauxhall child
restraint system with transponders
3
is
fitted on the front passenger’s seat. The
curtain airbag system
3
remains activated.
The control indicator for seat occupancy
recognition
y
is located in the instrument
panel. If control indicator
y
illuminates
for approx. 4 seconds after the ignition is
switched on, the vehicle is equipped with
seat occupancy recognition –
see next page, Fig. 17117 T.
If a Vauxhall child restraint system with
transponders
3
is installed, control
indicator
y
illuminates once the ignition
has been switched on and the system has
detected the seat. Only then can a child
restraint system with transponders
3
be
used on the front passenger’s seat.
Picture no: 17116t.tif
Vehicles with seat occupancy recognition
are also identified by a sticker on the lower
panel of the front passenger’s seats – see
illustration above.
Vauxhall child restraint systems with
transponders
3
are automatically
detected if correctly fitted to the front
passenger’s seat. When this type of child
restraint system is in use on the front
passenger’s seat, the front and side airbag
systems for the front passenger’s seat are
deactivated. The curtain airbag system
remains activated. Pay attention to control
indicator
y
for seat occupancy
recognition
3
-
see Fig. 17117 T.
Vauxhall child restraint systems with
transponders
3
can be identified
by a sticker.
Note
On the Astra TwinTop, there may be
interference in radio reception of certain
frequencies in the medium waveband
when the roof is open and the front
passenger’s seat is unoccupied.
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Warning
Only Vauxhall child restraint systems with
transponders
3
can be fitted on the front
passenger’s seat. Use of systems without
transponders poses a risk of fatal injury.