Front Airbags - Maserati Quattroporte Automatic 2009 Owner's Manual

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The vehicle is equipped with 6 airbags
(2 front and 4 lateral ones) and with
electronically- controlled
pretentioners for all of the seats belts
except for the rear central one.
The system components are the
following:
1) Electronic control unit
2) Passenger's front airbag
3) Front passenger seat belt
pretensioner
4) Passenger side bag
5) Satellite collision sensor on
passenger side
6) Passenger's window bag
7) Driver's window bag
8) Driver side bag
9) Satellite collision sensor on driver
side
10) Front, driver seat belt's
pretensioner
11) Airbag system failure warning light
12) Driver's frontal airbag
13) Clock Spring
14) Diagnostics socket
15) Rear left-hand pretensioner
16) Rear right-hand pretensioner
17) Front left-hand Crash Zone Sensor
18) Front right-hand Crash Zone
Sensor.

Front airbags

The airbag is not a substitute
for the seat belts. Correct use
of the seat belts, in
combination with the airbag, will offer
protection for the driver and
passenger in the front seat in the
event of a head-on collision
Airbag system components
The airbag system is composed of two
cushions that are designed to inflate
almost instantaneously. One (12) is on
the driver side, in the center of the
steering wheel, and the other (2) is on
the passenger side, inside the
dashboard.
Deployment
The front airbags of your vehicle have
been designed to inflate in 2 stages.
This allows the airbag to have different
rates of inflation based on the crash
severity, as assessed by the airbag
control unit.
The driver's airbag is designed to be
deployed in certain head-on collisions
according to the following strategy.
• For low severity crashes, the airbag
control unit will not deploy the
airbag.
• For crashes of higher severity, the
control unit will deploy the driver
airbag in low energy mode.
• For crashes of even higher severity,
the control unit will deploy the driver
airbag in high energy mode.
The front passenger's airbag is
designed to be deployed in certain
head-on collisions according to the
following strategy.
• For low severity crashes, the airbag
control unit will not deploy the
airbags.
• For crashes of higher severity, the
control unit will deploy the airbag in
low energy mode.
• For crashes of even higher severity,
the control unit will deploy the
airbag in high energy mode.
Never place an object over or
near the driver and passenger
airbags. In the event that the
passenger airbag is deployed, it will
project any object over it, or near it, in
the passenger compartment at very
high speed. The object will be
transformed into a projectile propelled
in the passenger compartment. This
could cause serious injuries.
Front and side airbags
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