2014 Chrysler Town & Country Owner Manual - Page 78

76 THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE STARTING YOUR VEHICLE The pretensioners are triggered by the Occupant Restraint Controller (ORC). Like the air bags, the pretensioners are single use items. A deployed pretensioner or a deployed air bag must be replaced immediately. Supplemental Active Head Restraints (AHR) 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 between the back of the occupant's head and the AHR. These head restraints are passive, deployable compoThis 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 inspeccertain types of rear impacts. tion of the head restraint. The head restraint will be split in two halves, with the front half being soft foam and NOTE: The Active Head Restraints (AHR) may or may trim, the back half being decorative plastic. not deploy in the event of a front or side impact. However if during a front impact, a secondary rear How The Active Head Restraints (AHR) Work impact occurs, the AHR may deploy based on the severThe Occupant Restraint Controller (ORC) determines ity and type of the impact. whether the severity, or type of rear impact will require