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ATC
The a irb a gs lo c a te d u nd e r th e m a rke d
c ove rs infla te a nd unfold in a m a tte r o f a
fe w m illis e c ond s . In th is p ro c e s s th e y
te a r th ro ugh th e ra te d b re a kin g p oints
of th e up hols te re d c ove rs or p re s s th e m
out.
ATC
Be c a us e th e in fla tio n p ro c e s s m us t b e
virtu a lly in s ta nta ne ous , it is n e c e s s a rily
a c c om p a nie d b y a c e rta in a m ount o f ig -
nitio n a nd infla tio n nois e . Th e ga s whic h
th e s ys te m e m p loys to infla te th e a irb a g
is n ot d a nge ro us , a nd th e a s s oc ia te d
s m oke is q uic kly d is s ip a te d .
De c e le ra tio n s e ns ors c ontin uous ly
On ve hic le s w ith a uto m a tic tra ns m is -
s ion Ad a p tive Tra ns m is s ion C ontro l
(ATC) us e s a n um b e r o f fa c to rs to c a l-
c ula te th e m a xim a lly e ffic ie nt g e a r. In
th is p ro c e s s it m onito rs yo ur p e rs ona l
d rivin g s tyle , th e s itu a tio n in w hic h yo u
a re d rivin g, th e c ond itio n o f th e ro a d
a nd th e tra ffic c ond itio ns .
m onito r th e p hys ic a l forc e s a c tin g u p on
th e ve hic le . In a s e ve re fro nta l c ollis ion,
th e ga s ge ne ra to rs of th e d rive r's a irb a g
a nd th e fro nt p a s s e nge r a irb a g a re ig -
nite d . Ho we ve r, th e p a s s e nge r- s id e a ir-
b a g is o nly trig ge re d if a n a d d itio na l
s e ns or h a s re c ognize d th a t th e p a s s e n-
ge r s e a t is o c c up ie d .
The e ntire p ro c e s s is c om p le te d w ith in
fra c tio ns o f a s e c ond .
ATC re c ognize s yo ur p e rs ona l d rivin g
s tyle fro m th e p os itio ns a nd m ove m e nts
of th e g a s p e d a l, d e c la ra tio n w he n
b ra kin g a nd la te ra l a c c e le ra tio n th ro ugh
c urve s . Fo ur s hift c ha ra c te ris tic s – fro m
c om fort- orie nte d to p e rfo rm a nc e -ori-
e nte d – a re a va ila b le fo r s e le c tio n b y
ATC .
In th e e ve nt o f a s e ve re s id e im p a c t, th e
he a d p ro te c tio n a nd s id e a irb a gs in th e
fro nt a nd /or re a r* a re trig ge re d .
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| Tags | BMW 740i, BMW 740iL, BMW 750iL, BMW E38 |
| Model Year | 1999 |
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