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Airb a g syste m
about children and Advanced Airbags
¢ page 172 .
Even tho ugh your vehicle is equipped with an Ad-
vanced Airbag System, make certain that all chi l-
dren, especially those 12 years and younger, al-
ways ride in the back seat proper ly restrained for
their age and size. The airbag on the passenger
side makes the front seat a potentially dangerous
place for a child to ride. The front seat is not the
safest place for a child in a forward-facing child
seat . It ca n be a very dangerous place for an in-
fant or a child in a rearward-fac ing seat.
The Advanced Airbag System in your veh icle has
been cert ified to comply with the requirements
of United States Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Standard (FMVSS) 208, as well as Canada Motor
Vehicle Safety Standa rd (CMVSS) 208 as applica-
ble at the time your vehicle was man ufa ct ured.
According to requi rements, t he front Advanced
Airbag System on the passenger side has been
certified for "suppression" for infants of about
12 month old and younger and for "low risk de-
ployment" for children aged 3 to 6 years old (as
defined in the standard) .
The
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light in the instru-
ment panel tells you when the front Advanced
Airbag on the passenger side has been turned off
by the electronic control unit.
Each time you switch on the ignition, the
PAS-
SENGER AIR BAG OFF
light will come on for a
few seconds and:
- will stay on if the front passenger seat is not
occupied,
- will stay on if the electrical capacitance meas -
ured by the capacitive passenger detection sys -
tem for the front passenger seat equals the
combined capacitance of an infant up to about
one year of age and one of the rearward-facing
or forward-facing child restraints listed in Fed-
eral Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS)
208 with which the Advanced Airbag System in
you r vehicle was ce rt ified. For a listing of the
child rest raints that we re used to certify your
vehicle's compliance with the Safety Standard
¢ page 174 .
150
- will stay on if there is a sma ll child or chi ld re-
straint on the front passenger seat,
- will go off if the front passenger seat is occu-
pied by an adult as registered by the capacitive
passenger detectio n system
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page 160, Mon-
itoring the Advanced Airbag System.
The
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light comes on
when electrical capacitance registered on the
front passenger seat is equal to or less than the
combined capacitance of a typical 1 year-old in-
fant and one of the rearward-facing or forward-
facing child restraints listed in Federal Motor Ve-
hicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 208 with which
the Advanced Airbag System in your vehicle was
ce rt ified.
If the total electr ical capacitance registered o n
the front passenger seat is more than that of a
typ ical 1 year-old chi ld but less than the weight
of a sma ll adult, the front airbag on the passen-
ger side can deploy (the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
light does not come on).
If the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light does not
come on, the front airbag on the passenger side
has not been t urned off by the electron ic con t rol
unit and can dep loy if the con t rol unit senses an
impact t hat meets the conditions stored in its
memo ry.
For exampl e, t he airbag ma y depl oy if :
- a small ch ild that is heav ier than a typ ical 1
year-old child is on the front passenger seat
(regard less of whethe r the child is in one of the
child seats listed ¢ page 17 4), or
- a child who has outgrown ch ild restraints is on
the front passenge r seat.
If the front passenger a irbag is turned off, the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light comes on in the
inst rument cluster and stays on .
If the front passenger a irbag deploys, the Feder-
al Standard requires the airbag to meet the "low
risk" dep loyment criteria to reduce the risk of in-
ju ry through interaction w ith the airbag . "Low
risk" dep loyment occurs in those crashes that
take place at lower decelerations as defined in
the e lectronic contro l unit ¢ page 160, PASSEN-
GER AIR BAG OFF light.
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