Maserati Gransport - Front Airbags

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Front and side airbags
The vehicle is equipped with 4 airbags
(2 front and 2 side) and electronically-
controlled pre-tensioners for the front
seat belts.
The system components connected to
the ECU are as follows:
1) Electronic Control Unit
2) Driver's frontal airbag
3) Passenger's frontal airbag
4) Driver's side airbag
5) Passenger's side airbag
6) Front left-hand seat belt pretensioner
7) Front right-hand seat belt
pretensioner
8) Left-hand satellite sensor
9) Right-hand satellite sensor
10) Air bag system failure warning light
Front airbags
The frontal airbags (for the driver and
passenger) are safety devices which are
designed to intervene in the event of
certain head-on collisions.
It consists of an almost
instantaneously inflating bag
contained in a special housing:
– in the center of the steering wheel
on the driver side;
– in the dashboard and with a larger
size bag on the passenger side.
The frontal airbags (for the driver and
passenger) are safety devices designed
to help protect the occupants in the
event of a medium or high intensity
head-on collision, which act by placing
a cushion (bag) between the occupant
and the steering wheel or the
instrument panel dashboard.
In the event of such a collision, an ECU
is designed to process signals from a
deceleration sensor and trigger, the
inflation of the bag.
The bag inflates almost
instantaneously between the front
passengers and potentially harmful
structures. The bag deflates
immediately afterwards.
In the event of a collision,
anyone not wearing a seat
belt will be thrown forward
and will come into contact with the
bag before it is fully inflated. This
reduces the protection offered by the
bag. That the front airbags (driver and
passenger side) do not replace or
substitute the seat belts but
supplement them, and hence the seat
belts must always be worn as
provided by established legislation in
most states and other parts of the
world.
Remember that, in the event
of a violent collision,
passengers in the back seat
who are not wearing seat belts not
only take a serious personal risk but
are also a danger to passengers in the
front seats.