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Seat Belt Pretensioners — If Equipped
The seat belts for both front seating positions may be
Supplemental Active Head Restraints (AHR) — If
Equipped
equippedwithpretensioningdevicesthataredesignedto These head restraints are passive, deployable compo-
removeslackfromtheseatbeltintheeventofacollision. nents,andvehicleswiththisequipmentcannotbereadily 2
These devices improve the performance of the seat belt identifiedbyanymarkings,onlythroughvisualinspec-
byassuringthatthebeltistightabouttheoccupantearly tionoftheheadrestraint.Theheadrestraintwillbesplit
inacollision.Pretensionersworkforallsizeoccupants, in two halves, with the front half being soft foam and
includingthoseinchildrestraints.
trim,thebackhalfbeingdecorativeplastic.
NOTE: Thesedevicesarenotasubstituteforproperseat HowtheActiveHeadRestraints(AHR)Work
beltplacementbytheoccupant.Theseatbeltstillmustbe The Occupant Restraint Controller (ORC) determines
wornsnuglyandpositionedproperly.
whethertheseverity,ortypeofrearimpactwillrequire
the Active Head Restraints (AHR) to deploy. If a rear
impact requires deployment, both the driver and front
passengerseatAHRswillbedeployed.
The pretensioners are triggered by the Occupant Re-
straintController(ORC).Liketheairbags,thepretension-
ers are single use items. A deployed pretensioner or a
deployedairbagmustbereplacedimmediately.
WhenAHRsdeployduringarearimpact,thefronthalf
oftheheadrestraintextendsforwardtominimizethegap
between the back of the occupant’s head and theAHR.
Product Specification
Categories | Chrysler Manuals, Chrysler Town and Country Manuals |
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Model Year | 2010 |
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