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Front crash severity sensor.
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Restraints Control Module (RCM) with impact and safing sensors.
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Restraint system warning light and back-up tone.
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The electrical wiring for the air bags, crash sensor(s), safety belt
pretensioners, front safety belt usage sensors, driver seat position
sensor, passenger occupant classification sensor, and indicator lights.
How does the Safety System work?
The Safety System can adapt the deployment strategy of your vehicle’s
safety devices according to crash severity and occupant conditions. A
collection of crash and occupant sensors provides information to the
Restraints control module (RCM). During a crash, the RCM activates the
safety belt pretensioners, equipped with a pyrotechnic dual retractor
(drivers side only) and/or either the single stage passenger air bag or
both stages of the dual-stage driver air bag supplemental restraints based
on crash severity and occupant conditions.
The fact that the pyrotechnic dual retractor (drivers side only),
pretensioners or air bags did not activate for both front seat occupants in a
collision does not mean that something is wrong with the system. Rather, it
means the Safety System determined the accident conditions (crash
severity, belt usage, etc.) were not appropriate to activate these safety
devices. Front air bags, pretensioners, equipped with a pyrotechnic dual
retractor (drivers side only) are designed to activate only in frontal and
near-frontal collisions, not rollovers, side-impacts, or rear-impacts unless
the collision causes sufficient longitudinal deceleration.
Driver dual-stage air bag supplemental restraints (driver seating
position only)
The dual-stage air bag offers the capability to tailor the level of air bag
inflation energy. A lower, less forceful energy level is provided for more
common, moderate-severity impacts. A higher energy level is used for
the most severe impacts. Refer to
Air bag supplemental restraints
section in this chapter.
Front crash severity sensor
The front crash severity sensor enhances the ability to detect the
severity of an impact. Positioned up front, it provides valuable
information early in the crash event on the severity of the impact. This
allows your Safety System to distinguish between different levels of crash
severity and modify the deployment strategy of the driver dual-stage air
bag and safety belt pretensioners equipped with pyrotechnic dual
retractor (drivers side only).
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