Inflatable airbags (VW Touareg 1)

The deployment of the airbags occurs in a split second at high speed. Therefore, it is very important that the driver and all passengers maintain the correct seating position throughout the entire journey.

Emergency braking before a collision results in the unfastened passenger leaning forward sharply, into the airbag deployment zone. This inevitably results in very serious injuries, even fatal ones. This also applies to children.

The protective effect of airbags is determined by the type of accident, the direction of impact and the speed of the vehicle.

Decisive for the deployment of the airbags is the deceleration of the vehicle registered by the control unit. If the deceleration during a collision is less than a certain, preset value, the front, side and window airbags do not deploy. Therefore, not every collision can lead to the deployment of the airbags.

(The information is posted on this resource: vwmanual)