Description & Operation
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WARNING:
Accidental air bag deployment is possible. Personal injury may result. Read and follow all WARNINGS and AIR BAG SAFETY PRECAUTIONS before working on air bag system or related components.
Supplemental Inflatable Restraint (SIR) system is designed to supplement protection provided by driver-side and passenger-side seat belts. A frontal collision of sufficient force will deploy driver-side and passenger-side air bags. Steering column and knee bolsters also absorb collision energy.
SIR system consists of Sensing and Diagnostic Module (SDM), driver-side and passenger-side air bag modules, front end discriminating sensors, SIR coil assembly, passenger-side air bag disable switch (on pickup) and AIR BAG warning light. SDM maintains a 23 Volt Loop Reserve (23 VLR) energy supply to provide deployment energy for up to one minute after loss of battery voltage.