2011 Chrysler 300 Owner Manual - Page 63

THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE STARTING YOUR VEHICLE 61 Airbag 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 airbags in a frontal or side collision is required. Based on the impact sensors signals, a central electronic ORC deploys the Advanced Front Airbags, SABIC airbags, SAB, Supplemental Driver Side Knee Airbag, and The side airbags will not deploy in all side collisions. Side front seat belt pretensioners, as required, depending on airbag deployment will depend on the severity and type the severity and type of impact. of collision. Advanced Front Airbags and Supplemental Driver Side Because airbag sensors measure vehicle deceleration over Knee Airbag are designed to provide additional protectime, vehicle speed and damage by themselves are not tion by supplementing the seat belts in certain frontal good indicators of whether or not an airbag should have collisions depending on the severity and type of collision. deployed. Advanced Front Airbags are not expected to reduce the risk of injury in rear, side, or rollover collisions. The Advanced Front Airbags and Supplemental Driver Side Knee Airbag 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 Airbags may deploy in crashes with little vehicle front-end damage but that produce a severe initial deceleration. 2