2013 Dodge Avenger Owner Manual - Page 72

70 THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE STARTING YOUR VEHICLE Supplemental Seat-Mounted Side Air Bag (SAB) Inflator Units Supplemental Side Air Bag Inflatable Curtain (SABIC) Inflator Units The Supplemental Seat-Mounted Side Air Bags (SAB) are During collisions where the impact is confined to a designed to activate only in certain side collisions. particular area of the side of the vehicle, the ORC may deploy the SABIC air bags, depending on the severity The ORC determines if a side collision requires the side and type of collision. In these events, the ORC will air bags to inflate, based on the severity and type of deploy the SABIC only on the impact side of the vehicle. collision. A quantity of non-toxic gas is generated to inflate the side Based on the severity and type of collision, the side air curtain air bag. The inflating side curtain air bag pushes bag inflator on the crash side of the vehicle may be the outside edge of the headliner out of the way and triggered, releasing a quantity of non-toxic gas. The covers the window. The air bag inflates in about 30 milliinflating SAB exits through the seat seam into the space seconds (about one-quarter of the time that it takes to between the occupant and the door. The SAB fully blink your eyes) with enough force to injure you if you inflates in about 10 milliseconds. The side air bag moves are not belted and seated properly, or if items are at a very high speed and with such a high force that it positioned in the area where the side curtain air bag could injure you if you are not seated properly, or if items inflates. This especially applies to children. The side are positioned in the area where the side air bag inflates. curtain air bag is only about 3-1/2 in (9 cm) thick when This especially applies to children. it is inflated.