wheel Ram 1500 2017 Owner's manual (Special services)

Air Bag Deployment Zones
There are four zones to be aware of:
1. Driver Air Bag Deployment Zone (Figure 1), and DriverAir 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)
Figure 1 - Driver Air Bag Deployment Zone, depicts the
following.
Figure 1
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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
DRIVER AIR BAG/STEERING COLUMN SPECIFICA-
TIONS
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 Figure 2 - Driver Air Bag Lateral Deployment Zone, depicts
the following.
1. Driver Seating Reference
Figure 2
2
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This system allows the driver to select a variety of useful
information by pushing the switches mounted on the
steering wheel. The Instrument Cluster Display may con-
sist of the following:
•Digital Speedometer
• Vehicle Info
• Fuel Economy Info
• Trip A
• Trip B
• Stop/Start Info (If Equipped)
• Trailer Tow
• Audio
• Stored Messages
• Screen Setup
• Vehicle Settings (Not Equipped with a Uconnect 5.0 &
8.4 radio)
• Settings
• Turn Menu Off The system allows the driver to select information by
pushing the following buttons mounted on the steering
wheel:
•
UP Arrow Button
Push and release the UParrow button to scroll
upward through the main menu and submenus
(Fuel Economy, Trip A, Trip B, Audio, Stored
Messages, Screen Set Up).
Steering Wheel Buttons
4
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