2011 Dodge Journey Owner Manual - Page 69

THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE STARTING YOUR VEHICLE 67 Air Bag 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 air bags in a frontal or side collision is required. Based on the impact sensor's signals, a central electronic ORC deploys the Advanced Front Air Bags, SABIC air bags, Supplemental Seat-Mounted Side Air Bags, SuppleThe side air bags will not deploy in all side collisions. mental Driver Side Knee Air Bag, and front seat belt Side air bag deployment will depend on the severity and pretensioners, as required, depending on the severity and type of collision. type of impact. Because air bag sensors measure vehicle deceleration The Advanced Front Air Bags and Supplemental Driver over time, vehicle speed and damage by themselves are Side Knee Air Bag are designed to provide additional not good indicators of whether or not an air bag should protection by supplementing the seat belts in certain have deployed. frontal collisions depending on the severity and type of collision. Advanced Front Air Bags are not expected to reduce the risk of injury in rear, side, or rollover collisions. The Advanced Front Air Bags and Supplemental Driver Side Knee Air Bag 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 Air Bags may deploy in crashes with little vehicle front-end damage but that produce a severe initial deceleration. 2