2013 Chrysler Town & Country Owner Manual - Page 91

THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE STARTING YOUR VEHICLE 89 you if you are not seated properly, or if items are blink your eyes) with enough force to injure you if you positioned in the area where the side air bag inflates. are not belted and seated properly, or if items are positioned in the area where the side curtain air bag This especially applies to children. inflates. This especially applies to children. The side Supplemental Side Air Bag Inflatable Curtain curtain air bag is only about 3-1/2 in (9 cm) thick when (SABIC) Inflator Units it is inflated. During collisions where the impact is confined to a particular area of the side of the vehicle, the ORC may Because air bag sensors estimate deceleration over time, vehicle speed and damage are not good indicators of deploy the SABIC air bags, depending on the severity and type of collision. In these events, the ORC will whether or not an air bag should have deployed. deploy the SABIC only on the impact side of the vehicle. NOTE: In a rollover the pretensioners and/or SAB and SABIC air bags may deploy on both sides of the vehicle. A quantity of non-toxic gas is generated to inflate the side curtain air bag. The inflating side curtain air bag pushes Front And Side Impact Sensors the outside edge of the headliner out of the way and In front and side impacts, impact sensors can aid the ORC covers the window. The air bag inflates in about 30 milliin determining appropriate response to impact events. seconds (about one-quarter of the time that it takes to 2