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RCM activates the safety b<strong>el</strong>t pretensioners and/or either one or both<br />

stages of the dual-stage airbag supplemental restraints based on crash<br />

severity and occupant conditions.<br />

The fact that the pretensioners or airbags did not activate for both front<br />

seat occupants in a collision does not mean that something is wrong with<br />

the system. Rather, it means the Personal Safety System determined<br />

the accident conditions (crash severity, b<strong>el</strong>t usage, etc.) were not<br />

appropriate to activate these safety devices. Front airbags are designed<br />

to activate only in frontal and near-frontal collisions, not rollovers,<br />

side-impacts, or rear-impacts unless the collision causes sufficient<br />

longitudinal dec<strong>el</strong>eration.<br />

Driver and passenger dual-stage airbag supplemental restraints<br />

The dual-stage airbags offer the capability to tailor the lev<strong>el</strong> of airbag<br />

inflation energy. A lower, less forceful energy lev<strong>el</strong> is provided for more<br />

common, moderate-severity impacts. A higher energy lev<strong>el</strong> is used for<br />

the most severe impacts. Refer to Airbag supplemental restraints<br />

section in this chapter.<br />

Front crash severity sensor<br />

The front crash severity sensor enhances the ability to detect the<br />

severity of an impact. Positioned up front, it provides valuable<br />

information early in the crash event on the severity of the impact. This<br />

allows your Personal Safety System to distinguish between different<br />

lev<strong>el</strong>s of crash severity and modify the deployment strategy of the<br />

dual-stage airbags and safety b<strong>el</strong>t pretensioners.<br />

Driver’s seat position sensor<br />

The driver’s seat position sensor allows your Personal Safety System to<br />

tailor the deployment lev<strong>el</strong> of the driver dual-stage airbag based on seat<br />

position. The system is designed to h<strong>el</strong>p protect smaller drivers sitting<br />

close to the driver airbag by providing a lower airbag output lev<strong>el</strong>.<br />

Front passenger sensing system<br />

For airbags to do their job they must inflate with great force, and this<br />

force can pose a potentially deadly risk to occupants that are very close<br />

to the airbag when it begins to inflate. For some occupants, this occurs<br />

because they are initially sitting very close to the airbag. For other<br />

occupants, this occurs when the occupant is not properly restrained by<br />

safety b<strong>el</strong>ts or child safety seats and they move forward during pre-crash<br />

braking. The most effective way to reduce the risk of unnecessary<br />

injuries is to make sure all occupants are properly restrained. Accident<br />

140<br />

Seating and Safety Restraints<br />

2007 <strong>Explorer</strong> (exp)<br />

Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt)<br />

USA (fus)

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