Far-side airbags

Updated 15/10/2021

The far-side airbags on the driver's and passenger seats act to protect the head, the chest, and hips in the event of a collision.

The far-side airbags are fitted in the inner backrest frames of the front seats and help to protect the driver and passengers in the front seat. The seat is marked AIRBAG.

A sufficiently violent collision trips the sensors and the far-side airbag is inflated. The airbag inflates between the occupant and the tunnel console and thereby cushions the initial impact. The far-side airbag is normally only deployed for the seat on the opposite side to the collision.

Warning

Volvo recommends that an authorised 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 inside of the seat and the tunnel console, 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 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.