Nissan Qashqai e-POWER 2023 Owners Manual
4.7.1.3. Supplemental air bag systems
The SRS is designed to supplement the crash protection provided by the seat belts and is not designed to substitute them. Seat belts should always be correctly worn and the driver and front passenger seated a suitable distance away from the steering wheel, instrument panel and front door finishers. All occupants should always be seated a suitable distance away from the roof side trim. For additional information, see
.When the air bags inflate, a fairly loud noise may be heard, followed by the release of smoke. This smoke is not harmful and does not indicate a fire. However, care should be taken not to inhale it, as it may cause irritation and choking. Occupants with a history of breathing difficulties, such as asthma, should get fresh air promptly.
Supplemental air bags, along with the use of seat belts, help to cushion the impact force on occupants. They can help save lives and reduce serious injuries. However, an inflating air bag may cause abrasions or other injuries. The supplemental air bags do not provide restraint to the lower body.
After switching the power switch ON, the air bag warning light will illuminate. The air bag warning light will turn off after approximately 7 seconds if the system is operational. For further details, see ${1}.
The air bag will operate only when the power switch is ON.
The supplemental front-impact air bags ordinarily will not inflate in the event of a side impact, rear impact, rollover, or lower severity frontal collision. Always wear the seat belts to help reduce the risk or severity of injury in accidents.
The seat belts and the supplemental front-impact air bags are most effective when you are sitting well back and upright in the seat. The front-impact air bags inflate with great force. If you are unrestrained, leaning forward, sitting sideways, or out of position in any way, you are at greater risk of injury or death in an accident. You may also receive serious or fatal injuries from the supplemental front-impact air bag if you are up against it when it inflates. Always sit back against the seatback and as far away as practical from the steering wheel. Always use the seat belts.
The front seat-mounted side-impact supplemental air bags and roof-mounted curtain side-impact supplemental air bags ordinarily will not inflate in the event of a front impact, rear impact, rollover, or lower severity side collision. Always wear the seat belts to help reduce the risk or severity of injury in accidents.
The seat belts, the front seat-mounted side-impact supplemental air bags and roof-mounted curtain side-impact supplemental air bags are most effective when you are sitting well back and upright in the seat. The front seat-mounted side-impact supplemental air bags and roof-mounted curtain side-impact supplemental air bags inflate with great force. If you and your passengers are unrestrained, leaning forward, sitting sideways, or out of position in any way, you and your passengers are at greater risk of injury or death in an accident.
Do not allow anyone to place their hands, legs, or face near the front seat-mounted side-impact supplemental air bags and roof-mounted curtain side-impact supplemental air bags on the sides of the seatback of the front seats or near the side roof rails. Do not allow anyone sitting in the front seats or rear outer seats to extend their hands out of the windows or lean against the doors.
When sitting in the rear seats, do not hold onto the seatback of the front seats. If the front seat-mounted side impact supplemental air bags and roof-mounted curtain side-impact supplemental air bags inflate, you may be seriously injured. Be especially careful with children, who should always be properly restrained.
Do not use seat covers on the front seatbacks. They may interfere with the front seat-mounted side-impact supplemental air bag inflations.
Children may be severely injured or killed when the air bags inflate if they are not properly restrained see
.Never let children ride unrestrained or extend their hands or face out of the window. Do not attempt to hold them in your lap or arms.
Supplemental front-impact air bag modules
Occupant classification system control unit (where fitted)
Air bag Control Unit (ACU)
Occupant classification sensor (where fitted) (front passenger seat)
Front seat-mounted side-impact supplemental air bag modules
Roof-mounted curtain side-impact supplemental air bag inflators
Roof-mounted curtain side-impact supplemental air bag modules
Crash zone sensor
Front door pressure sensors (where fitted)
Lap outer pre-tensioners (front seats)
Seat belt with pre-tensioners
Front central seat-mounted side-impact supplemental air bag (where fitted)
Rear seat Occupant Detection sensors (where fitted)
Satellite sensors (driver's side shown; front passenger side similar) (where fitted)
Seat belt with pre-tensioners (rear outboard seats)
Do not place any objects on the steering wheel pad. Do not place any objects between the driver and steering wheel pad. Such objects may become dangerous projectiles and cause injury if a supplemental air bag inflates.
Immediately after inflation, several supplemental air bag system components will be hot. Do not touch them: you may severely burn yourself.
No unauthorised changes should be made to any components or wiring of the supplemental air bag systems. This is to prevent accidental inflation of the supplemental air bags or damage to the supplemental air bag systems.
Do not make unauthorised changes to your vehicle's electrical system, suspension system or front end structure. This could affect proper operation of the supplemental air bag systems.
Tampering with the supplemental air bag systems may result in serious personal injury. Tampering includes changes to the steering wheel by placing materials over the steering wheel pad and above, and by installing additional trim materials around the supplemental air bag systems.
Work around and on the supplemental air bag systems should be done by a NISSAN dealer or qualified workshop. The SRS wiring should not be modified or disconnected. Unauthorised electrical test equipment and probing devices should not be used on the supplemental air bag systems.
The SRS wiring harness connectors are yellow and/or orange for easy identification.
Never install a rear-facing child restraint system on the front passenger seat without ensuring that the front passenger air bag is deactivated. Depending on vehicle specification, the vehicle may be equipped with an automatic front-passenger front air bag deactivation system or a manual front-passenger front air bag deactivation system. (For details see
and . If this system is fitted, the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF indicator
must be lit. In a frontal collision, supplemental front-impact air bags inflate with great force. An inflating supplemental front-impact air bag could seriously injure or kill your child.