Passenger Sensing System - Chevrolet 2008 Silverado 1500 Pickup Owner's Manual

Passenger Sensing System

If your vehicle has one of the indicators pictured in the
following illustrations, then your vehicle has a passenger
sensing system for the right front passenger's position,
unless there is an airbag off switch located in the glove
box. If there is an airbag off switch, your vehicle does not
have a passenger sensing system. See Airbag Off Switch
on page 1-78 for more information.
The passenger airbag status indicator will be visible on
the overhead console when you start your 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 3-43.
The passenger sensing system will turn off the right
front passenger's frontal 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 and safety
belt. The sensors are designed to detect the presence
of a properly-seated occupant and determine if the
right front passenger's frontal 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.
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