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the other hand, depending on the type and location of
impact, Advanced Front Air Bags may deploy in crashes
with little vehicle front-end damage but that produce a
severe initial deceleration.
Because air bag sensors measure vehicle deceleration
over time, vehicle speed and damage by themselves are
not good indicators of whether or not an air bag should
have deployed.
Seat belts are necessary for your protection in all colli-
sions, and also are needed to help keep you in position,
away from an inflating air bag.
The ORC monitors the readiness of the electronic parts of
the air bag system whenever the ignition is in the START
or ON/RUN position. If the ignition is in the OFF
position, in the ACC position, the air bag system is not on
and the air bags will not inflate.
The ORC contains a backup power supply system that
may deploy the air bags even if the battery loses power or
it becomes disconnected prior to deployment.
The ORC turns on the Air Bag Warning Light
and
Passenger Air Bag Disable (PAD) Indicator Light for
four to eight seconds as a self-check when the ignition is
first turned to ON/RUN. After the self-check, the Air Bag
Warning Light will turn off and the PAD Indicator Light
will function normally (Refer to “Passenger Air Bag
Disable (PAD) Indicator Light”). If the ORC detects a
malfunction in any part of the system, it turns on the Air
Bag Warning Light either momentarily or continuously.
A single chime will sound if the light comes on again
after initial startup.
It also includes diagnostics that will illuminate the instru-
ment cluster Air Bag Warning Light if a malfunction is
noted that could affect the Air Bag system. The diagnos-
tics also record the nature of the malfunction.
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THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE STARTING YOUR VEHICLE 51
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