Safing Sensor: Description and Operation

PURPOSE
The safing sensor is used to prevent inadvertent deployments possibly caused by a malfunction in the primary crash sensor circuits or crash sensors.

OPERATION
- During severe frontal deceleration caused by an impact that decelerates the vehicle in the forward direction, both a primary crash sensor and a safing sensor will activate.

- When a primary and safing sensor are closed at the same time, electrical current will flow igniting the driver side air bag module and passenger side air bag module.