In line with the worldwide trend to protect the vehicle crew in case of accidents "ŠKODA - JSC Automobile Plant" installs airbags on Octavia cars. Technically difficult equipment can be ordered as special equipment before purchasing the vehicle. The function of the airbags is controlled by an electronic command device connected to the brake sensor (slowdown). This assembly provides an impulse to ignite the pillow igniter, which releases a compressed, non-healthy gas to fill the pillows. The performance of the pillows is signaled by a light indicator on the dashboard, which lights up for 8 seconds after the ignition is turned on.
Attention! If any hardware failure is detected, the indicator is on continuously. Then you need to urgently visit the Skoda service, where they will carry out a qualified repair.
The programmed deceleration rates that actuate the equipment must be such that the igniter will not ignite at the maximum deceleration that would normally occur when the brakes are applied. The values were established both by calculations and empirically during tests. The covers above the airbag assembly on the steering wheel and above the assembly located under the dashboard, when the squib is ignited, bounce off and make room for the airbags. Pillow filling takes milliseconds. The information provided on the airbags is only indicative, therefore, any amateur intervention or dismantling of the airbags and components connected to them is absolutely excluded.
Attention! Unqualified intervention is life-threatening!
A squib can explode not only from a car impact, but also, for example, from a short circuit in the electrical wiring associated with it. In all Skoda Octavia cars, the battery should be disconnected when any intervention is made in the wiring and to the consumers connected to it. The malfunction of the airbags and related components can only be eliminated in the service!