Passenger Sensing System - Pontiac 2007 Solstice Owner's Manual

Passenger Sensing System

Your vehicle has a passenger sensing system.
The passenger airbag status indicator will
be visible when you turn your ignition key to
RUN or START.
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The words ON and OFF or the symbol for on
and off, will be visible on the instrument panel
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 132.
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The passenger sensing system will turn off the
passenger's frontal airbag under certain conditions.
The driver's airbag is not part of the passenger
sensing system.
The passenger sensing system works with
sensors that are part of the passenger's seat.
The sensors are designed to detect the presence
of a properly-seated occupant and determine if
the 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 rear-facing
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child restraints not be transported in your vehicle,
even if the airbag is off.
Never put a child in a rear-facing child restraint
in the right front passenger seat unless the
passenger airbag status indicator shows off
and the airbag is off. Here is why: