manual Saab 9 5 FL I 1 owners manual page 255

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95_US_MY09.book Page 255 Tuesday, April 15, 2008 11:03 AM Customer Assistance and Information 255 Vehicle Data Collection and To read this information, special equipment Event Data Recorders is needed and access to the vehicle or the SDM is required. Your vehicle, like other modern motor vehi-Saab will not access information about a cles, has a number of sophisticated com-crash event or share it with others other than puter systems that moni tor and control sev- eral aspects of the vehicle’s performance. • with the consent of the vehicle owner or, if Your vehicle uses on-board vehicle comput-the vehicle is leased, with the consent of ers to monitor emission control components the lessee, to optimize fuel economy, to monitor condi-• in response to an official request of police tions for air bag deployment and, if so or similar government office, equipped, to provide anti-lock braking and to help the driver contro l the vehicle in diffi-• as part of Saab’s defense of litigation cult driving situations. Some information through the discovery process, or may be stored during regular operations to • as required by law. facilitate repair of detected malfunctions; other information is stored only in a crash In addition, once Saab collects or receives event by computer systems commonly data, Saab may called event data recorders (EDR). In a crash event, computer systems, such • use the data for Saab research needs, as the Air Bag Sensing and Diagnostic • make it available for research where Module (SDM) in your vehicle may record appropriate confidentiality is to be main- information about the condition of the vehi-tained and need is shown, or cle and how it was operated, such as data • share summary data which is not tied to a related to engine speed, brake application, specific vehicle with non-Saab organiza- throttle position, vehicle speed, steering tions for research purposes. wheel angle, lateral acceleration, safety belt usage, air bag readiness, air bag perfor-Others, such as law enforcement, may have mance, and the severity of a collision. This access to the special equipment that can information has been used to improve vehi-read the information if they have access to cle crash performance and may be used to the vehicle or SDM. improve crash performance of future vehi-If your vehicle is equipped with OnStar®, cles and driving safety. Unlike the data please check the OnStar® subscription ser- recorders on many airplanes, these vice agreement or manual for information on-board systems do not record sounds, on its operations and data collection. such as conversation of vehicle occupants.

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