YOUR 406 AT A GLANCE
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SIDE AIR BAGS
Side air bags are incorporated into the backs of the front seats,on the door side.
They are triggered individually, on whichever side the collisionoccurs.Operating check
This is by means of the warninglight on the instrument panel. It comes on for 6 seconds when the ignition is switched on. If the warning light:
- does not come on when the
ignition is switched on or,
- does not go out after six seconds, contact a Peugeot
dealer.
Passenger air bag precautions For a vehicle fitted with a disar- ming switch:
- disarm the airbag if you install a rear-facing childseat.
- arm the air bag for anadult
passenger.
For a vehicle not fitted with adisarming switch:
-do not install rear-
facing child seats on the front pas-senger seat.
Never place your feet or anyobject on the fascia.
FRONT AIR BAGS Disarming the passenger air bag
Insert the ignition key in swit-ch 1and turn it:
- to the " ON" position, the pas-
senger air bag is armed
- to the " OFF" position, the
passenger air bag is disar- med.
Operating check
This lights for six seconds whenthe ignition is switched on. With the ignition on (2nd notch), illumination of this warning lightaccompanied by an audible signaland the message "Passenger air
bag disarmed" on the multi–func-
tion display indicates that the pas-senger air bag is disarmed (switchin the "OFF" position).
The warning light remains onthroughout the disarming process.
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