Activation Levels For The Collision Protection System

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The table below shows how the SRS system reacts in the event of a frontal impact.

Level 1= Low speed collision

Level 5 = Severe collision

Collision level	Front seat		Rear seat / Rear seat 3rd row
	Seat belt not in use	Seat belt in use
Level 1	No corrective action.	The seat belt tensioner is activated. The airbags are not deployed.	No corrective action.
Level 2	The airbags are deployed with a slow build-up of pressure. Ventilating the airbags (only XC90 USA/CDN).	The seat belt tensioner is activated. The airbags are not deployed.	No corrective action.
Level 3	The airbags are deployed with a slow build-up of pressure. Ventilating the airbags (only XC90 USA/CDN).	The seat belt tensioner is activated. The airbags are deployed with a slow build-up of pressure. Ventilating the airbags (only XC90 USA/CDN).	The seat belt tensioner is activated.
Level 4	The airbags are deployed with a fast build-up of pressure. Ventilating the airbags (only XC90 USA/CDN).	The seat belt tensioner is activated. The airbags are deployed with a slow build-up of pressure. Ventilating the airbags (only XC90 USA/CDN).	The seat belt tensioner is activated.
Level 5	The airbags are deployed with a fast build-up of pressure. Ventilating the airbags (only XC90 USA/CDN).	The seat belt tensioner is activated. The airbags are deployed with a fast build-up of pressure. The adaptive steering column of the collision protection system is activated (XC90 USA/CDN only). Ventilating the airbags (only XC90 USA/CDN).	The seat belt tensioner is activated.