Passenger Sensing System - Chevrolet 2006 Corvette Owner's Manual

Passenger Sensing System

Your vehicle has a passenger sensing system. The
passenger airbag status indicator in the rearview mirror
will be visible when you start the vehicle. 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 3-35.
Passenger Airbag Status Indicator – United States
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The passenger sensing system will turn off the
passenger's frontal airbag and side impact airbag
(if equipped) under certain conditions. The driver's
frontal airbag and side impact airbag (if equipped) are
not part of the passenger sensing system.
The passenger sensing system works with sensors
that are part of the passenger's seat and safety belt.
The sensors are designed to detect the presence
of a properly seated occupant and determine if the
passenger's frontal airbag and side impact airbag
(if equipped) 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.
General Motors recommends that child restraints
be secured in a rear seat, including an infant riding in a
rear-facing infant seat, a child riding in a forward-facing
child seat and an older child riding in a booster seat.
You may have a label on your sun visor that says,
"Never put a rear-facing child seat in the front."
This is because the risk to the rear-facing child is so
great if the airbag deploys.
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