THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE STARTING YOUR VEHICLE
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lodged under the seat and interferes with operation of
theweightsensors,afaultwilloccurwhichturnsonboth
the “PAD Indicator Light” and the “Airbag Warning
Light.”Oncethelodgedobjectisremoved,thefaultwill
beautomaticallyclearedafterashortperiodoftime.
driver’s front airbag gas is vented through the vent
holesinthesidesoftheairbag.Thepassenger’sfront
airbaggasisventedthroughtheventholesinthesides
oftheairbag.Inthisway,theairbagsdonotinterfere
withyourcontrolofthevehicle.
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The Driver and Passenger Airbag/Inflator Units are
located in the center of the steering wheel and the
passengersideoftheinstrumentpanel.WhentheORC
detectsacollisionrequiringtheairbags,itsignalsthe
inflator units. A large quantity of non-toxic gas is
generatedtoinflatethefrontairbags.Differentairbag
inflationratesarepossible,basedoncollisionseverity
andoccupantsize.Thesteeringwheelhubtrimcover
andtheupperpassengersideoftheinstrumentpanel
separateandfoldoutoftheway,asthebagsinflateto
theirfullsize.Thebagsfullyinflateinabout50to70
milliseconds.Thisisabouthalfofthetimethatittakes
toblinkyoureyes.Thebagsthenquicklydeflatewhile
helpingtorestrainthedriverandfrontpassenger.The
• catedThe Occupantbeneath theClassificationfront passengerModuleseat.(OCM)The OCMis lo-
classifies the occupant into categories based on the
measurements made by the seat weight sensors. The
OCMcommunicateswiththeOccupantRestraintCon-
troller(ORC).TheORCusestheoccupantcategoryto
determinewhetherthefrontpassengerairbagshould
be turned off. It also determines the rate of airbag
inflationduringacollision.
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YourvehiclehasfourWeightSensorslocatedbetween
theseatandthefloorpan.Theweightsensorsmeasure
applied weight and transfers that information to the
OCM.
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| Model Year | 2009 |
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