Impact Sensor: Description and Operation

Air Bag Firing Circuit Diagram

Sensors
The sensor assembly is an electrical switch which reacts to impacts according to direction and force. It discriminates between impacts that require air bag inflation and impacts that do not require air bag inflation. When an impact occurs that requires air bag inflation, the sensor contacts close, completing the electrical circuit necessary for system operation.

Five sensors are mounted in the vehicle. Their locations are as follows:
- A dual sensor below the center of the radiator support.
- At the RH and LH sides of the radiator support.
- At the LH cowl side in the passenger compartment.

At least two sensors, one safing, one front, must be activated to inflate the air bag.