Touareg
Safety.
Safety comes as standard, every time.There's nothing more important than the safety of you and your passengers. And you'll find when you drive a Touareg, safety has been considered from almost every angle. A broad range of passive and active safety systems help to avoid accidents as well as protecting you during one have been included helping to ensure every drive you take, is a safe one. |
Features.Active Safety – Everything designed to help prevent accidents from happening. 01. Traction Control (EDL, ASR and ESP) and Braking Control (Brake Assist, ABS and EBD) Traction control helps to ensure that you maintain control of your vehicle even in diffi cult driving situations. Built around three distinctive functions, Electronic Stabilisation Program (ESP), Electronic Differential Lock (EDL) and Anti-Slip Regulation (ASR), Traction Control improves grip, helps prevent wheel spin and adjusts engine power automatically depending on the conditions. Passive Safety – Protecting occupants from injury, and reducing the impact of collisions. 02. Airbags The Touareg comes standard with nine airbags; twin front, side, rear seat side, driver's knee and full length curtain airbags. Combined with your seatbelts, airbags help to reduce the risk of severe head and chest injuries during collisions. 03. Safety optimised head restraints By working in unison with your vehicle's seatbelts, your Touareg's front Safety Optimised Head Restraints are designed to reduce whiplash injury – ensuring optimal protection when you need it most. 04. Crumple zones The body of the Touareg has also been designed with the passengers' safety in mind. Front and rear crumple zones absorb the energy of an impact in the event of an accident, working together with the safety cell for you and your passengers inside the cabin. 05. Proactive occupant protection system The Touareg's innovative new proactive occupant protection system combines both active and passive safety systems to ensure that you're kept as safe as possible. Sensors on the vehicle's dynamic control systems (like Brake Assist and ESP) detect situations with elevated accident potential and help defuse them. It is activated in three situations: emergency brake activations (sudden, strong braking), hazard brake activations (sudden rises in brake pedal pressure when already braking) and unstable driving states (understeer or oversteer). When such a situation is detected, the front seat belts are tightened. This stabilises the driver, helping maintain control of the car, and also positions occupants in their seats so as to maximise the protective effects of the airbag and seat belt systems. If high transverse motion is detected, the side windows and sunroof are closed (leaving a small air gap) to better support the head and side airbags, should they be deployed. |