Deployed airbags
If any of the airbags have deployed, the following is recommended:
- Recovering the car. Volvo recommends that it is transported to an authorized Volvo workshop. Do not drive with deployed airbags.
- Volvo recommends engaging an authorized Volvo workshop to handle the replacement of components in the car’s safety systems.
- Seek medical attention if necessary.
Warning
Never drive with deployed airbags. They can make steering difficult. Other safety systems may also be damaged. The smoke and dust created when the airbags are deployed can cause skin and eye irritation/injury after intensive exposure. In case of irritation, wash with cold water. The rapid deployment sequence and airbag fabric may cause friction and skin burns.
Driver airbags
As a supplement to the seatbelts, the car is equipped with a steering wheel airbag and knee airbag on the driver’s side.
A sufficiently violent collision trips the sensors and the airbag/airbags are inflated. The airbag cushions the initial collision impact for the occupant. The airbag deflates when compressed by the collision. When this occurs, smoke escapes into the car. This is completely normal. The entire process, including inflation and deflation of the airbag, occurs within a tenth of a second.
Warning
The seatbelts and airbags interact. If the belt is not used or is used incorrectly, this may diminish the protection provided by the airbag in the event of a collision.
To minimize the risk of injury if the airbag deploys, passengers must sit as upright as possible with their feet on the floor and backs against the backrest.
The seatbelts and airbags interact. If the belt is not used or is used incorrectly, this may diminish the protection provided by the airbag in the event of a collision.
To minimize the risk of injury if the airbag deploys, passengers must sit as upright as possible with their feet on the floor and backs against the backrest.
Warning
Volvo recommends that an authorized Volvo workshop should be contacted for repair. Defective work in the airbag system could cause malfunction and result in serious personal injury.
Volvo recommends that an authorized Volvo workshop should be contacted for repair. Defective work in the airbag system could cause malfunction and result in serious personal injury.
Steering wheel airbag location
This airbag is fitted into the center of the steering wheel. The steering wheel is marked AIRBAG.
Knee airbag location
The airbag is folded up in the lower part of the instrument panel on the driver’s side. Its cover panel is marked AIRBAG.
Warning
Do not place or attach any object on the top or front of the panel where the knee airbag is stowed.
Passenger airbag
As a supplement to the seatbelts, the vehicle is equipped with an airbag on the passenger side in the front seat.
- In the event of a frontal collision, the airbag helps to protect the head, neck, face, and chest of the passenger as well as the knees and legs.
- A sufficiently violent collision trips the sensors and the airbag is inflated. The airbag cushions the initial collision impact for the occupant. The airbag deflates when compressed by the collision. When this
- occurs, smoke escapes into the car. This is completely normal. The entire process, including inflation and deflation of the airbag, occurs within a tenth of a second.
Warning
The seatbelts and airbags interact. If the belt is not used or is used incorrectly, this may diminish the protection provided by the airbag in the event of a collision. To minimize the risk of injury if the airbag deploys, passengers must sit as upright as possible with their feet on the floor and backs against the backrest.
The seatbelts and airbags interact. If the belt is not used or is used incorrectly, this may diminish the protection provided by the airbag in the event of a collision. To minimize the risk of injury if the airbag deploys, passengers must sit as upright as possible with their feet on the floor and backs against the backrest.
Warning
Volvo recommends that an authorized Volvo workshop should be contacted for repair. Defective work in the airbag system could cause malfunction and result in serious personal injury.
Volvo recommends that an authorized Volvo workshop should be contacted for repair. Defective work in the airbag system could cause malfunction and result in serious personal injury.
Passenger airbag location
The airbag is folded up into a compartment above the glovebox. Its cover panel is marked AIRBAG.
Warning
Do not put objects in front of or above the dashboard where the passenger airbag is located.
Label for passenger airbag
Warning
If the car is not equipped with a switch to activate/deactivate the passenger airbag, the airbag will always be activated.
If the car is not equipped with a switch to activate/deactivate the passenger airbag, the airbag will always be activated.
Warning
- Never allow anybody to stand or sit in front of the front passenger seat.
- Never use a rear-facing child seat on the front passenger seat if the airbag is activated.
- Front-facing passengers (children and adults) must never sit on the front passenger seat if the passenger airbag is deactivated.
- Failure to follow the advice given above can endanger life or lead to serious personal injury.
Warning
NEVER use a rearward-facing child restraint on a seat protected by an ACTIVE AIRBAG in front of it, DEATH or SERIOUS INJURY to the CHILD can occur.
Activating and deactivating passenger airbags
The passenger airbag can be deactivated if the car is equipped with a switch, Passenger Airbag Cut Off Switch (PACOS).
The switch for the passenger airbag is located on the passenger end of the instrument panel and is accessible when the passenger door is open.
Check that the switch is in the required position.
The switch for the passenger airbag is located on the passenger end of the instrument panel and is accessible when the passenger door is open.
Check that the switch is in the required position.
ON – the airbag is activated and all front-facing passengers (children and adults) can sit safely on the passenger seat.
OFF – the airbag is deactivated and children in rear-facing child seats can sit safely on the passenger seat.
Warning
If the car is not equipped with a switch to activate/deactivate the passenger airbag, the airbag will always be activated.
Warning
If the car is not equipped with a switch to activate/deactivate the passenger airbag, the airbag will always be activated.
Activating passenger airbag
The driver display shows the message Passenger airbag on Please acknowledges.
Note
If the passenger airbag has been activated/deactivated with the car in ignition position I or lower, a message is shown in the driver display, and the following indicator in the roof console approx. 6 seconds after the car’s electrical system has been set in ignition position II.
Confirm the message by pressing the right-hand steering wheel keypad’s O button.
Warning
- Never use a rear-facing child seat on the front passenger seat when the airbag is activated.
- The passenger airbag must always be activated when front-facing passengers (children and adults) are sitting in the front passenger seat.
- Failure to follow the advice given above can endanger life or lead to serious personal injury.
Deactivating passenger airbag
The driver display shows the message Passenger airbag off Please acknowledge.
Note
If the passenger airbag has been activated/deactivated with the car in ignition position I or lower, a message is shown in the driver display, and the following indicator in the roof console approx. 6 seconds after the car’s electrical system has been set in ignition position II.
Confirm the message by pressing the right-hand steering wheel keypad’s O button.
If the passenger airbag has been activated/deactivated with the car in ignition position I or lower, a message is shown in the driver display, and the following indicator in the roof console approx. 6 seconds after the car’s electrical system has been set in ignition position II.
Confirm the message by pressing the right-hand steering wheel keypad’s O button.
Warning
Front-facing passengers (children and adults) must never sit on the passenger seat when the airbag is deactivated.
Failure to follow the advice given above can endanger life or lead to serious personal injury.
Important
If the passenger airbag is deactivated, the electric seatbelt tensioner on the passenger side will also be deactivated.
Front-facing passengers (children and adults) must never sit on the passenger seat when the airbag is deactivated.
Failure to follow the advice given above can endanger life or lead to serious personal injury.
Important
If the passenger airbag is deactivated, the electric seatbelt tensioner on the passenger side will also be deactivated.
Inflatable curtains
The inflatable curtain, Inflatable Curtain (IC), helps to prevent the driver and passengers from striking their heads on the inside of the car during a collision.
A sufficiently violent collision trips the sensors and the inflatable curtain is inflated.
Warning
Volvo recommends that an authorized Volvo workshop should be contacted for repair. Defective work in the inflatable curtain system can cause malfunction and result in serious personal injury.
Volvo recommends that an authorized Volvo workshop should be contacted for repair. Defective work in the inflatable curtain system can cause malfunction and result in serious personal injury.
Warning
Never hang or attach heavy items onto the handles on the roof. The hooks are only designed for light coats and jackets (not for solid objects such as umbrellas).
Do not screw or install anything onto the car’s headlining, door pillars, or side panels. This could compromise the intended protection. Volvo recommends only using Volvo genuine parts that are approved for fitting within these areas.
Never hang or attach heavy items onto the handles on the roof. The hooks are only designed for light coats and jackets (not for solid objects such as umbrellas).
Do not screw or install anything onto the car’s headlining, door pillars, or side panels. This could compromise the intended protection. Volvo recommends only using Volvo genuine parts that are approved for fitting within these areas.
Warning
Leave 10 cm (4 inches) space between the load and the side windows if the car is loaded above the top edge of the door windows. Otherwise, the intended protection of the inflatable curtain, which is concealed in the headlining, may be compromised.
Warning
The inflatable curtain is a supplement to the seatbelts. Always use a seatbelt.
Leave 10 cm (4 inches) space between the load and the side windows if the car is loaded above the top edge of the door windows. Otherwise, the intended protection of the inflatable curtain, which is concealed in the headlining, may be compromised.
Warning
The inflatable curtain is a supplement to the seatbelts. Always use a seatbelt.
Side airbags
The side airbags on the driver’s and passenger seats act to protect the chest and hips in the event of a collision.
- A sufficiently violent collision trips the sensors and the side airbags are inflated. The airbag inflates between the occupant and the door panel and thereby cushions the initial impact. The airbag deflates when
- compressed by the collision. The side airbag is normally only deployed on the side of the collision.
Warning
Volvo recommends that an authorized Volvo workshop should be contacted for repair. Defective work in the side airbag system could cause malfunction and result in serious personal injury.
Volvo recommends that an authorized Volvo workshop should be contacted for repair. Defective work in the side airbag system could cause malfunction and result in serious personal injury.
Warning
Do not put objects in the area between the outside of the seat and the door panel, since this area is required by the side airbag.
Volvo recommends the use only of car seat covers approved by Volvo. Other seat covers may impede the operation of the side airbags.
Do not put objects in the area between the outside of the seat and the door panel, since this area is required by the side airbag.
Volvo recommends the use only of car seat covers approved by Volvo. Other seat covers may impede the operation of the side airbags.
Warning
Side airbags are a supplement to the seatbelts. Always use a seatbelt.
Side airbags are a supplement to the seatbelts. Always use a seatbelt.
Side airbags and child seats
The protection provided by the car to children seated in a child seat or on a booster cushion is not diminished by the side airbag.