Passenger Airbag Status Indicator - Pontiac Montana SV6 2008 Owner's Manual

Passenger Airbag Status Indicator

Your vehicle has the passenger sensing system.
Your instrument panel has a passenger airbag status
indicator.
If you use remote start to start your vehicle from a
distance, if your vehicle has this feature, you may not
see the system check. Then, after several more
seconds, the status indicator will light either the on or
off symbol to let you know the status of the right
front passenger's frontal and seat-mounted side impact
airbags (if equipped).
When you start the
vehicle, the passenger
airbag status indicator will
light the symbol for on
and off for several seconds
as a system check.
If the on symbol is lit on the passenger airbag status
indicator, it means that the right front passenger's frontal
airbag and seat-mounted side impact airbag (if
equipped) are enabled (may inflate).
CAUTION:
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If the on indicator comes on when you have a
rear-facing child restraint installed in the right
front passenger's seat, it means that the
passenger sensing system has not turned off
the passenger's frontal airbag and
seat-mounted side impact airbag (if equipped).
A child in a rear-facing child restraint can be
seriously injured or killed if the right front
passenger's airbag inflates. This is because the
back of the rear-facing child restraint would be
very close to the inflating airbag. Do not use a
rear-facing child restraint in the right front
passenger's seat if the airbag is turned on.
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