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Front Remote Acceleration Sensors
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Seat Track Position Sensors (STPS) — If Present
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Driver and Front Passenger Seat Belt Pretensioner
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Driver and Front Passenger Seat Belt Retractors
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Occupant Classification System (OCS) — Front Pas-
senger Seat Only
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Occupant Classification Module
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Passenger Airbag Disable (PAD) Indicator Light
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Weight Sensors
How The Airbag System Works
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The Occupant Restraint Control (ORC) Module de-
termines if a frontal, side, or rollover collision is severe
enough to require the airbags to inflate. The front
airbag inflators are designed to provide different rates
of airbag inflation from direction provided by the
ORC. The ORC may also modify the rate of inflation
based on the occupant size provided by the Occupant
Classification Module. The ORC will detect roll over,
but not rear impacts.
The ORC also monitors the readiness of the electronic
parts of the system whenever the ignition switch is in
the START or ON positions. These include all of the
items listed above except the instrument panel, and
the steering wheel and column. If the key is in the
LOCK position, in the ACC position, or not in the
ignition, the airbags are not on and will not inflate.
54 THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE STARTING YOUR VEHICLE