Conditions For Setting DTC

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DTC sets when passenger deployment loop voltage and resistance tests are not within a specified range.

DTC will set during voltage out of range test if:

IGNITION POSITIVE VOLTAGE is within normal operating range.
Driver frontal deployment loop is not shorted to voltage.
Voltage at SDM terminal No. A6 is less than 2 volts.
Driver frontal deployment loop resistance is at least 6 ohms for 300 milliseconds.

DTC will set during resistance test if:

IGNITION POSITIVE VOLTAGE is within normal operating range.
Driver frontal deployment loop is not shorted to voltage.
Driver frontal deployment loop is not shorted to ground.
Driver frontal deployment loop resistance is more than 4.8 ohms for 300 milliseconds.