2010 Jeep Liberty Owner's Manual - Page 69

68 THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE STARTING YOUR VEHICLE Along with seat belts and pretensioners, Advanced Front • The Supplemental Side Airbag Inflatable Curtains Airbags work with the knee bolsters to provide improved (SABIC) may deploy during collisions where the protection for the driver and front passenger. Side airbags impact is confined to a particular area of the side of the also work with seat belts to improve occupant protection. vehicle, depending on the severity and type of collision. In these events, the ORC will deploy the SABIC • The Occupant Classification Module (OCM) is loonly on the impact side of the vehicle. Because airbag cated beneath the front passenger seat. The OCM sensors estimate deceleration over time, vehicle speed classifies the occupant into categories based on the and damage by themselves are not good indicators of measurements made by the seat weight sensors. The whether or not an airbag should have deployed. OCM communicates with the Occupant Restraint Controller (ORC). The ORC uses the occupant category to A quantity of non-toxic gas is generated to inflate the determine whether the front passenger airbag should side curtain airbag. The inflating side curtain airbag be turned off. It also determines the rate of airbag pushes the outside edge of the headliner out of the inflation during a collision. way and covers the window. The airbag inflates in about 30 milliseconds (about one quarter of the time it • Your vehicle has four Weight Sensors located between takes to blink your eyes) with enough force to injure the seat and the floor pan. The weight sensors measure you if you are not belted and seated properly, or if applied weight and transfers that information to the items are positioned in the area where the side curtain OCM.