Saturn VUE 2008 Owner's Manual page 69

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CAUTION:
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A child in a rear-facing child restraint can be
seriously injured or killed if the right front
passenger's airbag inflates. This is because
the back of the rear-facing child restraint
would be very close to the inflating airbag.
Even if the passenger sensing system has
turned off the right front passenger's frontal
airbag, no system is fail-safe. No one can
guarantee that an airbag will not deploy under
some unusual circumstance, even though it is
turned off. Rear-facing child restraints should
be secured in a rear seat, even if the airbag is
off.
If you secure a forward-facing child restraint in
the right front seat, always move the front
passenger seat as far back as it will go. It is
better to secure the child restraint in a rear
seat.
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If your vehicle does not have a rear seat that will
accommodate a rear-facing child restraint, we
recommend that rear-facing child restraints not be
transported in your vehicle, even if the airbag is off.
The passenger sensing system is designed to turn off
the right front passenger's frontal airbag if:
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The right front passenger seat is unoccupied.
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The system determines that an infant is present in
a rear-facing infant seat.
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The system determines that a small child is present
in a child restraint.
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The system determines that a small child is present
in a booster seat.
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A right front passenger takes his/her weight off of
the seat for a period of time.
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The right front passenger seat is occupied by a
smaller person, such as a child who has outgrown
child restraints.
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Or, if there is a critical problem with the airbag
system or the passenger sensing system.
When the passenger sensing system has turned off the
right front passenger's frontal airbag, the off indicator
will light and stay lit to remind you that the airbag is off.
See Passenger Airbag Status Indicator on page 157.
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