Maserati GranTurismo Sport 2015, 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.
The system components are the
following:
1) Electronic control unit
2) Passenger’s front airbag
3) Passenger’s front seat belt
pretensioner
4) Passenger’s side bag (for head
and chest protection).
5) Passenger’s satellite crash sensor
6) Driver’s side bag (for head and
chest protection).
7) Driver’s satellite crash sensor
8) Driver’s front seat belt
pretensioner
9) Airbag system failure warning
light
10) Driver’s front airbag
11) Clock Spring
12) Diagnostics socket
13) Rear left-hand pretensioner
14) Rear right-hand pretensioner
15) Front left-hand Crash Zone Sensor
16) 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’s 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.