2011 Dodge Ram 1500 Crew Cab Owner Manual - Page 62

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 airThe side airbags will not deploy in all side collisions. Side bags - if equipped, and front seat belt pretensioners - airbag deployment will depend on the severity and type if equipped, as required, depending on the severity and of collision. type of impact. Because airbag sensors measure vehicle deceleration over Advanced Front Airbags are designed to provide additime, vehicle speed and damage by themselves are not tional protection by supplementing the seat belts in good indicators of whether or not an airbag should have certain frontal collisions depending on the severity and deployed. type of collision. Advanced Front Airbags are not expected to reduce the risk of injury in rear, rollover, or side collisions. The Advanced Front Airbags 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