Passenger Air Bag Status Indicator - Cadillac Escalade 2003 Owner's Manual

Passenger Air Bag Status Indicator

If your vehicle has the passenger sensing system
your rearview mirror will have a passenger air bag status
indicator.
Passenger Air Bag Status Indicator – United States
Passenger Air
Bag Status
Indicator – Canada
When the ignition key is turned to RUN or START, the
passenger air bag status indicator will light ON and
OFF, or the symbol for on and off, for several seconds
as a system check. Then, after several more seconds,
the status indicator will light either ON or OFF, or either
the on or off symbol to let you know the status of the
right front passenger's frontal air bag.
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If the word ON or the on symbol is lit on the passenger
air bag status indicator, it means that the right front
passenger's frontal air bag is enabled (may inflate).
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CAUTION:
If the on indicator comes on when you have a
rear-facing child restraint installed in the right
front passenger's seat, it means that the
passenger sensing system has not turned off
the passenger's frontal air bag. A child in a
rear-facing child restraint can be seriously
injured or killed if the right front passenger's
air bag inflates. This is because the back of
the rear-facing child restraint would be very
close to the inflating air bag. Don't use a
rear-facing child restraint in the right front
passenger's seat unless the air bag has been
turned off.
If the word OFF or the off symbol is lit on the air bag
status indicator, it means that the passenger sensing
system has turned off the right front passenger's frontal
air bag. See Passenger Sensing System on page 1-85
for more on this, including important safety information.