Air Bag Restraint System: Description: Notes

This vehicle is equipped with a Frontal Impact Airbag System, which utilizes the driver/passenger airbags, two front impact sensors, and seat belt tensioners located in the front seat belt buckles. This system is designed to protect occupants in the event of a front impact collision. These airbags are all serviceable parts. The tensioners are integral to the front seat belt buckles. If these pyrotechnics are deployed or defective, they must be replaced.

Vehicles equipped with the Side Impact Airbag System utilize a curtain airbag, three side impact sensors, and the Occupant Restraint Controller (ORC) to determine if the airbag should be deployed. Following a side impact event where the side airbag was deployed, the headliner as well as the curtain airbag must be replaced.

The occupant restraints include both active and passive types. Active restraints are those which require the vehicle occupants to take some action to employ, such as fastening a seat belt; while passive restraints require no action by the vehicle occupants to be employed.