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Occupant protection
As a feature of the Volkswagen safety strategy, the occupant protection system in the T5 2010 has been improved in
the form of a seat belt fastening warning and a modified airbag concept for driver and front passenger protection.
Front airbag
Front passenger
Head airbag
Airbag control unit
with crash sensor for
front airbags
Module
Front airbag
Driver
Front airbag
Driver
Body
Key operated switch to deactivate
front passenger side airbag E224
Module
Side airbag
Front passenger
Head / thorax airbag
Front passenger
Module
Head / thorax airbag
Front passenger
In the commercial vehicle variants, the
belts at each of the outboard positions are
integrated in the body and those for the
middle seat positions are integrated in the
seat.
Module
Head / thorax airbag
Driver
Front passenger airbag
deactivation
Front passenger airbag deactivation is another
safety measure. The front passenger airbag can be
deactivated when the passenger door is open, using
the key-operated switch on the right-hand side end
of the dash panel.