Ram 1500 2016 (Special services) User Guide

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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Figure 6
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Figure 6 - Supplemental Seat Mounted Side Air Bag
Deployment Zone, depicts the following.
1. Front Driver’s Seat
2. 18.5 in (470 mm)
3. 6.3 in (160 mm)
4. 11.8 in (300 mm)
5. Seat-Mounted Air Bag
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