2015 Dodge Durango Owner Manual - Page 66

64 THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE STARTING YOUR VEHICLE WARNING! (Continued) • Do not use the Automatic Locking Mode to restrain occupants who are wearing the seat belt or children who are using booster seats. The locked mode is only used to install rear-facing or forward-facing child restraints that have a harness for restraining the child. How The Active Head Restraints (AHR) Work The Occupant Restraint Controller (ORC) determines whether the severity, or type of rear impact will require the Active Head Restraints (AHR) to deploy. If a rear impact requires deployment, both the driver and front passenger seat AHRs will be deployed. When AHRs deploy during a rear impact, the front half of the head restraint extends forward to minimize the gap Supplemental Active Head Restraints (AHR) between the back of the occupant's head and the AHR. These head restraints are passive, deployable compo- This system is designed to help prevent or reduce the nents, and vehicles with this equipment cannot be readily extent of injuries to the driver and front passenger in identified by any markings, only through visual inspec- certain types of rear impacts. tion of the head restraint. The head restraint will be split NOTE: The Active Head Restraints (AHR) may or may in two halves, with the front half being soft foam and not deploy in the event of a front or side impact. trim, the back half being decorative plastic. However, if during a front impact, a secondary rear impact occurs, the AHR may deploy based on the severity and type of the impact.