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Air bag deployment sensors and controls, Occupant restraint controller (orc) – Dodge 2014 Challenger_SRT - Owner Manual User Manual

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Air Bag Deployment Sensors And Controls

Occupant Restraint Controller (ORC)
The ORC is part of a Federally regulated safety system

required for this vehicle.
The ORC determines if deployment of the front and/or

side air bags in a frontal or side collision is required.

Based on the impact sensor’s signals, a central electronic

ORC deploys the Advanced Front Air Bags, SABIC air

bags, SAB air bags, and front seat belt pretensioners, as

required, depending on several factors, including the

severity and type of impact.
Advanced Front Air Bags are designed to provide addi-

tional protection by supplementing the seat belts in

certain frontal collisions depending on several factors,

including the severity and type of collision. Advanced

Front Air Bags are not expected to reduce the risk of

injury in rear, side, or rollover collisions.

The Advanced Front Air Bags will not deploy in all

frontal collisions, including some that may produce sub-

stantial vehicle damage — for example, some pole colli-

sions, truck underrides, and angle offset collisions. On

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.
The side air bags will not deploy in all side collisions.

Side air bag deployment will depend on the severity and

type of collision.
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.

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