Airbag System Components
The airbag system consists of the following:
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Occupant Restraint Controller (ORC)
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Side Remote Acceleration Sensors (if equipped)
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Airbag Warning Light
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Driver Airbag
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Front Passenger Airbag
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Supplemental Side Curtain Airbags above side win-
dows (if equipped)
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Supplemental Front Seat Mounted Side Airbags (if
equipped)
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Steering Wheel and Column
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Instrument Panel
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Interconnecting Wiring
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Seat Belt Reminder Light
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Knee Impact Bolsters
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Front Acceleration Sensors
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Driver and Front Passenger Seat Belt Pretensioners
How the Airbag System Works
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The Occupant Restraint Controller (ORC) determines
if a frontal collision is severe enough to require the
airbags to inflate. The front airbag inflators are de-
signed to provide different rates of airbag inflation
from direction provided by the ORC. The ORC will not
detect rollover.
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For vehicles so equipped, the ORC also determines if a
side impact is severe enough to deploy the supple-
mental side curtain airbag and/or supplemental front
seat mounted side airbag as required for each type of
impact.
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