Circuit Description

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The passenger seat belt retractor pretensioner deployment loop consists of the following components:

An inflatable restraint seat belt retractor pretensioner RF
The seat belt retractor pretensioner RF high circuits
The seat belt retractor pretensioner RF low circuits

A shorting bar used within the seat belt retractor pretensioner connector will short together both seat belt pretensioner high and low circuits when the connector is disconnected. This will help to prevent unwanted deployment of the pretensioner during servicing. During a frontal crash of sufficient force, the inflatable restraint sensing and diagnostic module (SDM) will allow current to flow through the deployment loop in order to deploy the seat belt pretensioner. The SDM performs continuous diagnostic tests on the deployment loops to check for proper circuit continuity and for shorts to ground or voltage. If a malfunction is detected, a DTC will be stored in memory.