2012 Dodge Caliber Owner Manual - Page 70

68 THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE STARTING YOUR VEHICLE 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, Supplemental Driver Side Knee Air Bag, SABIC air bags, SuppleThe side air bags will not deploy in all side collisions. mental Seat-Mounted Side Air Bags - if equipped, and Side air bag deployment will depend on the severity and front seat belt pretensioners, as required, depending on type of collision. the severity and type of impact. Because air bag sensors measure vehicle deceleration Advanced Front Air Bags and Supplemental Driver Side over time, vehicle speed and damage by themselves are Knee Air Bag are designed to provide additional protecnot good indicators of whether or not an air bag should tion by supplementing the seat belts in certain frontal have deployed. collisions depending on the severity and type of collision. Advanced Front Air Bags are not expected to reduce the risk of injury in rear, or side collisions. The Advanced Front Air Bags and Supplemental Driver Side Knee Air Bag will not deploy in all frontal collisions, including some that may produce substantial vehicle damage - for example, some pole collisions, 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.