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Dodge 2005 Dakota User Manual

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Air Bag System Components
The airbag system consists of the following:

• Occupant Restraint Controller
• Side Remote Acceleration Sensors (If Equipped)
• Airbag Warning Light
• Driver Airbag
• Passenger Airbag
• Window Bags above Side Windows (If Equipped)
• Steering Wheel and Column
• Instrument Panel
• Interconnecting Wiring
• Knee Impact Bolsters
• Front Acceleration Sensors

• Driver and Front Passenger Seat Belt Pretensioners
• Occupant Classification System (OCS) for the Front

Passenger Seat

− Occupant Classification Module

− Passenger Airbag Disable (PAD) Indicator Light

− Weight Sensors

How the Airbag System Works

• The Occupant Restraint Controller (ORC) determines

if a frontal collision is severe enough to require the
airbags to inflate. The front airbag inflators are de-
signed 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 not detect roll over.

THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE STARTING YOUR VEHICLE

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