2004 DODGE DURANGO Owners Manual

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DODGE DURANGO 2004 2.G Owners Manual WARNING!
²Relying on the airbags alone could lead to more
severe injuries in a collision. The airbags work
with your seat belt to restrain you properly. In
some collisions the airbags wont deploy at

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DODGE DURANGO 2004 2.G Owners Manual ²Driver and Front Passenger Seat Belt Pretensioners
²Occupant Classification System (OCS) for the Front
Passenger Seat
þOccupant Classification Module
þPassenger Airbag Disable (PAD) Indicator Lig

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DODGE DURANGO 2004 2.G Owners Manual light either momentarily or continuously. A single chime
will sound if the light comes on again after initial start
up.
WARNING!
Ignoring the AIRBAG warning light in your instru-
ment panel could mean

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DODGE DURANGO 2004 2.G Owners Manual a rear-facing infant seat. Relatively light objects like
brief cases and grocery bags will also turn on the PAD
Indicator Light. The PAD Indicator Light will be off
when teenagers, most children and m

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DODGE DURANGO 2004 2.G Owners Manual The OCS classifies an occupant using weight sensors
mounted in the base of the front passenger seat. Any
weight on the seat will be sensed by the system. Objects
hanging on the seat or other passenger

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DODGE DURANGO 2004 2.G Owners Manual under the seat and interferes with operation of the weight
sensors, a fault will occur which turns on both the PAD
Indicator Light and the Airbag Warning Light. Once the
lodged object is removed, the

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DODGE DURANGO 2004 2.G Owners Manual ²TheOccupant Classification Module (OCM)is lo-
cated beneath the front passenger seat. The OCM
classifies the occupant into categories based on the
measurements made by the seat weight sensors. The
O

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DODGE DURANGO 2004 2.G Owners Manual ²TheKnee Impact Bolstershelp protect the knees of
the driver and the front passenger, and position every-
one for the best interaction with the front airbag.
If A Deployment Occurs
The airbag system