Advanced Crash And Safely Management (ASCM): Introduction: Notes

Advanced Crash and Safety Management (ACSM) replaces Advanced Safety Electronics (ASE) in several model series.

ACSM will be used in the following vehicle models as of September 2005:

• BMW 5 Series
  • E60 / E61 US
• BMW 6 Series
  • E63 / E64 US

ACSM will be also be introduced in the following model in January 2006:

• BMW Z4 - E85

The system functions of the previous ASE have been taken over. The essential structure of ACSM is the same as that of the Multiple Restraint Systems (MRS) in other vehicle models.

Because the basic control unit functions are the same for all ACSM systems and only differ in their respective configurations of the systems, the system functions will be described by way of example on one model only.

Many functions will be known to you if you already have system knowledge of Advanced Safety Electronics (ASE) or the Multiple Restraint Systems (MRS).