02 Safety
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WARNING
If a seat has been subjected to extreme
forces, such as due to a rear-end collision,
the WHIPS system must be checked.
Volvo recommends that it is checked by
an authorised Volvo workshop.
Part of the WHIPS system's protective
capacity may have been lost even if the
seats appear to be undamaged.
Volvo recommends that you contact an
authorised Volvo workshop to have the
system checked even after a minor rear-
end collision.
When the systems deploy
In the event of a collision Volvo's different
personal safety systems work together in
order to minimise injury.
System Triggered
Seatbelt ten-
sioner (p. 25) front
seat
In the event of a
frontal collision,
and/or side-impact
collision, and/or
rear-end collision
and/or overturning
Seatbelt tensioner,
rear seat
In a frontal collision
and/or side-impact
accident and/or
overturning
Airbags
(Steering wheel(p.
27) and passenger
airbag (p. 27))
In a frontal collision
A
Side airbags
(SIPS) (p. 30)
In a side-impact
accident
A
System Triggered
Inflatable Curtain
IC (p. 31)
In the event of a
side-impact collision
and/or certain frontal
collisions
A
Whiplash protec-
tion WHIPS (p. 32)
In a rear-end colli-
sion
A
The bodywork of the car could be greatly deformed in a
collision without airbag deployment. A number of factors
such as the rigidity and weight of the object hit, the speed
of the car, the angle of the collision etc. affects how the
different safety systems of the car are activated.
If the airbags (p. 26) have deployed, the fol-
lowing is recommended:
•
Recovering the car. Volvo recommends
that you have it conveyed to an author-
ised Volvo workshop. Do not drive with
deployed airbags.
•
Volvo recommends that you engage an
authorised Volvo workshop to handle the
replacement of components in the car's
safety systems.
•
Always contact a doctor.
NOTE
The airbags and belt tensioner system are
deployed only once during a collision.
