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Understanding the Vehicle
WARNING!
•
Window air bags also need room to
inflate. Do not rest your head, arms
or elbows on the door, windows or
the area in which the window bag
is located to avoid possible injury
during air bag inflation. Sit upright
in the center of the seat.
•
Do not cover the front seatbacks
with clothes or covers. Do not use
accessory seat covers or place objects
between you and the side air bags;
the performance could be adversely
affected and/or objects could cause
serious injury.
•
Do not add roof racks that require
permanent attachments (bolts or
screws) for installation on the vehicle
roof. Do not drill into the roof of the
vehicle for any reason.
Air bag Deployment Sensors
and Controls
Occupant Restraint Controller (ORC)
The Occupant Restraint Controller ORC
determines if deployment of the front
and/or side air bags in a frontal or side
collision or rollover event is required.
Based on the impact sensor's signals,
a central electronic ORC deploys the
advanced front air bags, WAB air bags,
and front seat belt pretensioner, as
required, depending on the severity
and type of impact.
On top of what previously described,
the characteristics of the collision
registered by the sensors and sent
to the control unit of the ORC can
also cause a sudden cut of the power
from the 12 V battery, “blowing” the
pyrotechnical charge located on the
positive battery terminal.
NOTE:
When conditions require, the
control unit of the ORC activates the
pyrotechnical charge and the air bags
simultaneously.
WARNING!
After a collision that has caused the
deployment of the pyrotechnical
charge, this must be replaced at an
Authorized Maserati Dealer.
Advanced front air bags are designed
to provide additional protection
by supplementing the seat belts in
certain frontal collisions depending
on the severity and type of collision.
Advanced front air bags are not
expected to reduce the risk of injury in
rear, side, or rollover collisions.
The advanced front air bags will
not deploy in all frontal collisions,
including those that may produce
substantial vehicle damage, for
example, some pole collisions, truck
under rides, and corner impacts. On
the other hand, depending on the
type and location of impact, advanced
front air bags may deploy in crashes
with little vehicle front-end damage
but that produce a severe initial
deceleration.
The side air bags will not deploy in all
side collisions. Side air bag deployment
will depend on the severity and type
of collision. Because air bag sensors
measure vehicle deceleration over
time, vehicle speed and damage
merely are not good indicators of
whether or not an air bag should have
deployed.
Seat belts are necessary for your
protection in all accidents, and also are
needed to help keep you in position,
away from an inflating air bag. The
ORC monitors the readiness of the
electronic parts of the air bag system
whenever the ignition device is in the
ON
position. If the ignition device is in
the
STOP
position, or not active, the
air bag system is not activated and the
air bags will not inflate.
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