BMW serie 7 1999 Manuale Utente

Repairs

Index

Overview

Controls

Car care

Technology

Data

Airbags

1 Front airbags for driver and

front passenger

2 Side impact head protection system

(front and rear

)

3 Side airbags (front and rear side

)

Protective effect

The front airbags supplement the three-
point safety belts by helping to provide
additional protection for the front-seat
occupants in the event of a severe fron-
tal collision in which the protection af-
forded by the belts alone may no longer
be sufficient. The head protection and
side airbags help provide protection in
the event of a severe collision from the
side. Each of the side airbags is de-
signed to help support the upper body.

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The illustration depicts schematically
the primary directions of vehicle impact
which initiate an airbag deployment.

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Indicator lamp

The indicator lamp indicates the
operational readiness of the air-
bag system from ignition key

positions 1 and 2.

System operational:

> The indicator lamp comes on briefly

then goes out.

System malfunction:

> The indicator lamp fails to come on
> The indicator lamp comes on briefly

before going out and then lighting up
again.

A system malfunction could prevent the
system from responding to an impact
occurring within its normal response
range.

Please have your authorized BMW cen-
ter inspect and repair the system as
soon as possible.