Citroen Xantia

Since 1993 of release

Repair and car operation

Safety pillow - the general information, safety measures and system deactivation

The general information

The driver's pillow of safety enters into a standard complete set of some models, on others can be established in addition. The pillow is located under the central overlay of a steering wheel.

Food giving in system is made only at the included ignition, also the reserve power supply on a case of breakage of the basic chain however is provided. Activator operation occurs on a signal of the gauge of acceleration. Management carries out the electronic block (ECU), built in a steering wheel.

Filling of a pillow of safety is made for fractions of a second at operation газогенераторов.

Safety measures

At service of the car equipped with pillows of safety, it is necessary to observe some special safety measures:

Safety measures of the general order

   a) Never disconnect the storage battery at the working engine;
   b) Before performance of any works on service of the components located nearby from the block of a pillow of safety, removal of components of a pillow or carrying out of welding works without fail preliminary деактивируйте system (see more low);
   c) At all do not undertake independent attempts of check of a condition of a chain of a pillow with use of any type of the diagnostic equipment;
   d) At operation of a control lamp of a pillow of safety, or system refusal at once address for the help in firm service-centre of company Citroyon.

The safety measures undertaken at service of components of assemblage of a pillow of safety

   a) Transfer the removed assemblage only a pillow upwards;
   b) do not cover assemblage by hands;
   c) Always hold assemblage by a pillow from itself;
   d) do not undertake attempts of dismantling of a pillow;
   e) do not drop assemblage and try not to shake it;
   f) do not connect to an assemblage chain any diagnostic and other electric devices;
   g) At all do not suppose contact of components of assemblage to any type solvents.

Rules of storage of the assemblage of a pillow of safety removed from the car

   a) the assemblage Removed from the car should be laid in superficial capacity a pillow upwards;
   b) do not suppose heating of assemblage to temperature above 80°С;
   c) do not suppose contact of assemblage to an open flame;
   d) do not try to disassemble a pillow independently;
   e) At all do not establish on the car faulty assemblage of a pillow.

Deactivation of a pillow of safety

System deactivation is made without fail before performance of any works on service of components of a pillow of safety, and also the elements located near to assemblage:
   a) Switch off ignition;
   b) Take a key from the ignition lock;
   c) Switch off all consumers of the electric power;
   d) Disconnect a negative wire from the battery;
   e) Zaizolirujte the negative plug of the battery and a tip of its negative wire in order to avoid their casual short circuit on weight;
   f) Before to start service of components of system wait not less than 1 minute, having allowed to be discharged definitively to the condenser.

Activation of a pillow of safety

   a) Make sure that in car salon there are no people, near to a steering wheel no extraneous subjects are laid. Close all doors and windows;
   b) Make sure that ignition is switched off, then connect a negative wire to the battery;
   c) Open a driver's door and, without entering into salon and without giving a hand over a steering wheel, include ignition - a control lamp of a pillow of safety on a steering wheel should join approximately for three seconds, then go out;
   d) Switch off ignition;
   e) If the control lamp does not work, as is described above (the point see, address for consultations to experts of car-care centre.