2010 Jeep Grand Cherokee Owner's Manual - Page 60

THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE STARTING YOUR VEHICLE 59 located on the inside of the fuse block cover for the 2. Under certain circumstances, EDR data may not be proper airbag fuses. See your authorized dealer if the recorded (e.g., loss of battery power). fuse is good. In conjunction with other data gathered during a complete accident investigation, the electronic data may be Event Data Recorder (EDR) In the event of an accident, your vehicle is designed to used by Chrysler Group LLC and others to learn more record up to five seconds of specific vehicle data param- about the possible causes of crashes and associated eters (see list below) in an event data recorder prior to the injuries in order to assess and improve vehicle performoment of airbag deployment, or near deployment (if mance. In addition to crash investigations initiated by applicable), and up to a quarter second of either high- Chrysler Group LLC, such investigations may be respeed deceleration data or change in velocity during quested by customers, insurance carriers, government and/or after airbag deployment or near-deployment. officials, and professional crash researchers, such as those EDR data is ONLY recorded if an airbag deploys, or associated with universities, and with hospital and insurnearly deploys, and is otherwise unavailable. ance organizations. NOTE: 1. A near-deployment event occurs when the airbag sensor detects severe vehicle deceleration usually indicative of a crash, but not severe enough to warrant airbag deployment. In the event that an investigation is undertaken by Chrysler Group LLC (regardless of initiative), the company or its designated representative will first obtain permission of the appropriate custodial entity for the vehicle (usually the vehicle owner or lessee) before 2