2019 Ram 1500 Owner's Manual

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Ram 1500 2019  Owners Manual WARNING!(Continued)
•Do not put anything on or around the air bag covers
or attempt to open them manually. You may damage
the air bags and you could be injured because the air
bags may no longer be

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Ram 1500 2019  Owners Manual Occupant Classification System (OCS) — Front
Passenger Seat
The OCS is part of a Federally regulated safety system for
this vehicle. It is designed to provide Passenger Advanced
Front Air Bag output

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Ram 1500 2019  Owners Manual Front Passenger Seat
Occupant StatusFront Passenger Air Bag
Output
Properly seated adult Full-power deployment OR reduced-power de-
ployment
Unoccupied seat Reduced-power deploy-
ment
* It is possible

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Ram 1500 2019  Owners Manual •Sitting with their back against the seatback and the
seatback in an upright position
Lighter Weight Passengers (Including Small Adults)
When a lighter weight passenger, including a small adult,
occ

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Ram 1500 2019  Owners Manual •The front passenger ’s seatback is not in the full upright
position.
• The front passenger carries or holds an object while
seated (e.g., backpack, box, etc.).
• Objects are lodged under the

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Ram 1500 2019  Owners Manual Not Seated ProperlyNot Seated Properly
252 SAFETY

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Ram 1500 2019  Owners Manual WARNING!
•If a child restraint system, child, small teenager or
adult in the front passenger seat is seated improp-
erly, the occupant may provide an output signal to
the OCS that is different from

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Ram 1500 2019  Owners Manual The passenger seat assembly contains critical OCS compo-
nents that may affect the Passenger Advanced Front Air
Bag inflation. In order for the OCS to properly classify the
seated weight of a front se