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Airb a g syste m
the Safety Standard, to tu rn off the front airbag
for infants 12 months old and younger who are
restrained on the front passenger seat in child re-
stra ints that are listed in the Standard
¢
page 216, Child restraints and Advanced front
airbag system.
"Suppression" requires the front a irbag on the
passenger side to be turned off if:
- a chi ld up to about one year of age is restrained
on the front passenger seat in one of the rear-
facing or forward-facing infant restraints listed
in Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 208
with wh ich the Advanced Airbag System in your
vehicle was certified. For a listing of the child
restra ints that were used to certify your veh i-
cle's compliance with the US Safety Standard
¢ page 216,
- When a person is detected on the front passen-
ger seat, weigh ing more than the total weight
of a child that is abo ut 1 year old rest rained in
one of t he rea r-facing or forward-facing infant
restraints (listed in Federa l Motor Vehicle Safe -
ty Standard 208 with which the Advanced Air-
bag System in your vehicle was certified), the
front airbag on the passenger side may or may
not dep loy.
The
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light comes on
when the e lectronic control unit detects a total
electrical capacitance on the front passenger seat
that requires the front airbag to be turned off. If
the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light does not
come on, the front airbag on the passenger side
has not been turned off by the control unit and
can dep loy if the control unit senses an impact
that meets the conditions stored in its memory.
If the total electrical capac itance registered on
the front passenge r seat is more than that of a
typical 1 year-old, but less t han the weight of a
sma ll adu lt, the front airbag on the passenger
side may deploy (t he
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light does not come on) .
For example, the airbag may deploy if :
- a small child that is heavier than a typical 1
year -old child is on the front passenger seat
(rega rdless of whether the ch ild is in one of the
child seats listed ¢ page 216),
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- a child who has outgrown child restraints is on
the front passenger seat.
If the front passenger a irbag is tu rned off, the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light in the overhead
console will come on and stay on.
If the front passenger a irbag deploys, the Feder-
al St andard requ ires the a irbag to meet t he "low
risk" dep loyment criteria to he lp reduce the risk
of injury t hrough interaction with the airbag .
"Low risk" deployment occurs in those crashes
that take place at lower decelerations as defined
in the electronic contro l unit ¢ page 201.
Alwa ys remember :
Even though your vehicle is
equipped with Advanced Airbags, the safest place
for children is prope rly restra ined on the back
seat. Please be sure to read the important infor-
mation in the sections that fo llow and be sure to
heed all of the WARNINGS.
.&_
WARNING
To reduce the risk of injury when an airbag in-
flates, always wea r safety belts prope rly.
- If you are un restrained, leaning forward, sit·
t ing sideways or out of position in any way,
your risk of injury is much highe r.
- You will a lso receive ser ious injuries and
could even be killed if you are up against the
airbag or too close to it when it inflates -
even with an Advanced Airbag ¢page 190.
.&_
WARNING
A child in a rearward-facing child seat ins t al-
led on the front passenger seat will be seri-
ously injured and can be killed if the front air -
bag inflates - even with an Advanced Airbag
System.
- Although the Advanced Airbag System in
your vehicle is designed to turn off the front
airbag when a rearward-fac ing ch ild re-
straint has been installed on the front pas-
senger seat, nobody can absolutely guaran-
tee that deployment is impossib le in all con-
ceivab le situat ions that may happen du ring
the useful life of your vehicle.
- The inflating airbag will hit the ch ild seat or
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infant carrier with great force and will
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