Occupant Restraint System - Aston Martin VANTAGE Manual

Occupant Restraint System

The system provides protection to the driver and all passengers in
a variety of impact conditions.
The system consists of:
• Driver and passenger safety belts with dual pre-tensioners and
load limiting systems.
• Driver and passenger dual-stage airbags.
• Driver and passenger seat side airbags.
• Driver and passenger roof mounted curtain airbag.
• Driver and passenger knee bolster airbags.
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All of these systems are controlled by the Occupant Restraint
Controller (ORC). In a collision the ORC will analyse information
from various sensors, such as crash and seat occupancy
conditions. Based on this information the system will deploy the
appropriate safety devices. During a crash, the ORC may or may
not operate the safety belt pre-tensioner(s) and none, one, or
both stages of the dual-stage airbag supplemental restraints.
If the pre-tensioners or airbags do not operate in a collision it
does not mean that something is wrong with the system. Rather,
it means the system determined the accident conditions (crash
severity, belt usage, etc.) were not appropriate to operate these
safety devices.
Front airbags are designed to operate only in frontal and near-
frontal collisions, not rollovers, side-impacts, or rear-impacts
unless the collision causes sufficient longitudinal deceleration.