Passenger Sensing System - Saturn 2008 Astra Owner's Manual

1-30 Seats and Restraints
Passenger Sensing
System
The vehicle has a passenger
sensing system for the right front
passenger position. The passenger
airbag status indicator will be visible
in the rearview mirror when you start
the vehicle.
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The words ON and OFF, or the
symbol for on and off, will be visible
during the system check. When the
system check is complete, either the
word ON or the word OFF, or the
symbol for on or the symbol for off,
will be visible. See Passenger Airbag
Status Indicator on page 4-15.
The passenger sensing system will
turn off the right front passenger's
frontal airbag and seat-mounted
side impact airbag under certain
conditions. The driver's airbags
are not part of the passenger
sensing system.
The passenger sensing system
works with sensors that are part
of the right front passenger's seat.
The sensors are designed to detect
the presence of a properly-seated
occupant and determine if the right
front passenger's frontal airbag and
seat-mounted side impact airbag
should be enabled (may inflate)
or not.
Accident statistics show that
children are safer if they are
restrained in the rear rather than
the front seat.
We recommend that children be
secured in a rear seat, including: an
infant or a child riding in a rear-facing
child restraint; a child riding in a
forward-facing child seat; an older
child riding in a booster seat; and
children, who are large enough,
using safety belts.