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WARNING!(Continued)
•If your vehicle is equipped with left and right
Supplemental Side Curtain Air Bags (SABIC), care
must be taken when installing any type of roof
equipment. Drilling and installation of fasteners or
other equipment that may interfere with the
Supplemental Side Curtain Air Bags (SABIC) and
air bag wiring harness is not permitted. Further-
more, make sure no equipment or fasteners are
located in the air bag deployment zone.
•
Do not place objects or mount equipment in front of
the air bag module cover, or in front of the seat areas
that may come in contact with a deploying air bag.
• Dash, tunnel or console mounted equipment
should not be placed outside of the specified zone.
• Failure to follow these instructions could result in
personal injury.
Air Bag Deployment Zones
There are four zones to be aware of:
1.
Driver Air Bag Deployment Zone (Figure 1), and Driver
Air Bag/Steering Wheel Specifications (Figure 2)
2. Passenger Air Bag Deployment Zone (Figure 3) and (Figure 4)
3. Supplemental Side Air Bag Inflatable Curtain (SABIC) Deployment Zone (Figure 5)
4. Supplemental Seat-Mounted Side Air Bag (SAB) De- ployment Zone (Figure 6)
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Figure 1 - Driver Air Bag Deployment Zone, depicts the
following.
1. Vertical Plane Passing Through Center of SteeringWheel
2. 13 inches (330 mm)
3. Vertical Plane Passing Through Maximum Rearward Point that the Driver Air Bag Cushion Reaches
4. Steering Wheel
5. Driver Air Bag Retainer/Housing
6. Driver Air Bag Cushion
Figure 1
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DRIVER AIR BAG/STEERING COLUMN
SPECIFICATIONS
DRIVER AIR BAG CUSHION POSITION
DAB Diameter When Deployed (Full) 26 inches (661 mm)
DAB Depth When Deployed (Full) 12 inches (305 mm)
Maximum Rearward
Displacement During Deployment (Fill) 16 inches (407 mm)
STEERING COLUMN TILT POSITION RANGE
+/– 2 Degrees from Steering Column Tilt Pivot Point 22.9 Degrees from Vertical is the Nominal Position
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Figure 2 - Driver Air Bag Lateral Deployment Zone,
depicts the following.
1. Driver Seating Reference
2. Driver Air Bag Cushion Lateral Deployment Zone,27 inches (686 mm).
Figure 2
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Figure 3 - Passenger Air Bag Deployment Zone, depicts
the following.
1. Passenger Air Bag Cushion
2. Vertical Plane from Point of Instrument Panel
3. Passenger Air Bag Module
4. Instrument Panel
5. Vertical Plane Passing Through the Maximum Rear-ward Point that the Passenger Air Bag Cushion
Reaches
6. 23 inches (584 mm)
Figure 3
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Figure 4 - Passenger Air Bag Lateral Deployment Zone,
depicts the following.
1. 4.70 inches (119 mm)
2. Passenger Air Bag Cushion Deployment Zone
3. 29.8 inches (756 mm)
4. Reference Point
Figure 4
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Figure 5
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Figure5-CrewCabSupplemental Side Air Bag Inflatable
Curtain Air Bag Deployment Zone, depicts the following.
1. Cross-Sectional Area Side View
2. 4.85 inches (123 mm)
3. 4.29 inches (109 mm)
4. 19.92 inches (506 mm)
5. 36.81 inches (935 mm)
6. 34.5 inches (877 mm) 7. 3.3 inches (84 mm)
8. 16.92 inches (430 mm)
9. 22.2 inches (566 mm)
10. B-Pillar Trim
11. Side-Curtain Air Bag Inflator Module
12. 2.83 inches (72 mm)
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