Restraint System: Notes
DESCRIPTION
A Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) is standard factory-installed safety equipment on this vehicle. Available supplemental occupant restraints for this vehicle include both Active and Passive types. Active restraints are those which require the vehicle occupants to take some action to employ, such as fastening and adjusting a seat belt; while passive restraints require no action by the vehicle occupants to be employed.
The Active restraints for this vehicle include:
| 1. | Refer to SEAT BELT TENSIONER . |
| 2. | Refer to FRONT SEAT BELTS, BUCKLES AND SWITCHES . |
| 3. | Refer to REAR SEAT BELTS AND BUCKLES . |
| 4. | Refer to CHILD RESTRAINT ANCHORS . |
The Passive restraints include the following major components:
| 1. | Refer to IMPACT SENSOR . |
| 2. | Refer to SIDE CURTAIN AIRBAG (SABIC) . |
| 3. | Refer to SEAT AIRBAG (SAB) . |
| 4. | Refer to SEAT TRACK POSITION SENSOR (STPS) . |
| 5. | Refer to OCCUPANT RESTRAINT CONTROLLER (ORC) . |
| 6. | Refer to DRIVER AIRBAG (DAB) . |
| 7. | Refer to PASSENGER AIRBAG (PAB) . |
| 8. | Refer to OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION MODULE (OCM) . |
| 9. | Refer to CLOCKSPRING - Integral to the Steering Column Control Module (SCCM). |
| 10. | Refer to KNEE AIRBAG (KAB) - Driver and Passenger. |
The Occupant Restraint Controller (ORC) and the Instrument Panel Cluster (IPC) each contain a microcontroller and programming that allow them to communicate with each other using the Controller Area Network (CAN) data bus. This method of communication is used by the ORC for control of the airbag indicator in the IPC. Refer to COMMUNICATION, DESCRIPTION AND OPERATION .
Hardwired circuitry connects the SRS components to each other through the electrical system of the vehicle. These hardwired circuits are integral to several wire harnesses, which are routed throughout the vehicle and retained by many different methods. These circuits may be connected to each other, to the vehicle electrical system, and to the SRS components through the use of a combination of soldered splices, splice block connectors, and many different types of wire harness terminal connectors and insulators. Refer to the appropriate wiring information. The wiring information includes wiring diagrams, details of wire harness routing and retention, connector pin-out information and location views for the various wire harness connectors, splices and grounds. For proper wire repair, and connector repair procedures. Refer to STANDARD PROCEDURE and refer to REMOVAL . Refer to INSTALLATION .
OPERATION
ACTIVE RESTRAINTS
The primary passenger restraints in this vehicle are the standard equipment factory-installed seat belts and child restraint anchors. Seat belts and child restraint anchors are referred to as an active restraint because the vehicle occupants are required to physically fasten and properly adjust these restraints in order to benefit from them.
The seat belt retractors used in all seating positions include an inertia-type, emergency locking mechanism as standard equipment. However, the retractor locking mechanisms for all seating positions except the driver side front position are mechanically switchable from an Emergency Locking Retractor (ELR) to an Automatic Locking Retractor (ALR). The primary function of this feature is to securely accommodate a child seat in any seating position of the vehicle without the need for a self-cinching seat belt tip half latch plate unit or another supplemental device that would be required to prevent the seat belt webbing from unwinding freely from the retractor spool of an inertia-type emergency locking retractor mechanism.
The emergency and automatic locking mechanisms are integral to the seat belt and retractor unit and are concealed beneath a molded plastic cover located on one side of the retractor spool. These locking mechanisms cannot be adjusted or repaired and, if ineffective or damaged, the entire seat belt and retractor unit must be replaced.