BMW 7 Series: Airbags
Vehicle features and options
This chapter describes all standard, country-specific and optional features offered with the series.
It also describes features and functions that are not necessarily available in your vehicle, e.g., due to the selected options or country versions. This also applies to safety-related functions and systems.
When using these functions and systems, the applicable laws and regulations must be observed.
Airbags
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- Front airbag, driver
- Front airbag, front passenger
- Head airbag
- Side airbag
- Knee airbag
Front airbags
Front airbags help protect the driver and the front passenger by responding to frontal impacts in which safety belts alone would not provide adequate protection.
Side airbag
In the event of a side impact, the side airbag protects the side of the body in the chest and lap area.
Head airbag
In the event of a side impact, the head airbag protects the head.
Ejection Mitigation
The head airbag system is designed as an ejection mitigation countermeasure to reduce the likelihood of ejections of vehicle occupants through side windows during rollovers or side impact events.
Knee airbag
The knee airbag protects the legs in the event of a frontal impact.
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Airbags- Protective effect
General information
Airbags are not triggered in every impact situation,
e.g., in less severe accidents.
Information on optimum effect of the
airbags
Warning
If the seat position is incorrect or the
Automatic deactivation of
the front-seat passenger
airbags
Concept
The system reads if the front passenger seat is
occupied by measuring the human body's resistance.
Front, knee, and side airbag on the front passenger's
side are activated or deactivated.
Gen
Intelligent Safety
Concept
Intelligent Safety enables central operation of the
driver assistance systems.
General information
Depending on how the vehicle is equipped, Intelligent
Safety consists of one or more systems
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Procedure After Airbag Triggering As Result Of An Accident
Check and/or replace following components after airbag triggering:
Satellites (control unit + sensor)
Components
Satellite, A-/B-pillar, left/right
Satellite, front door
Satellite, rear seat
Satellite, driver's/front passenger seat
Satellite, vehicle center
Procedure
Inspect visua
Parking Assist System
REMOVING AND INSTALLING / REPLACING PARK ASSIST CONTROL UNIT
Necessary preliminary work:
Remove RIGHT LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT WHEEL ARCH PANEL.
Unlock plug connection (1) and disconnect.
Pull out parking maneuvering assistant control unit (2) towards top out of
mounting (3).
Fig. 22: Identifying
