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• Sitting with their back against the seatback and the
seatback in an upright position
Seated Properly
Lighter Weight Passengers (Including Small Adults)
When a lighter weight passenger, including a small
adult, occupies the front passenger seat, the OCS
may reduce the inflation rate of the Passenger Ad-
vanced Front Air Bag. This does not mean that the
OCS is working improperly.
Do not decrease OR increase the front passen-
ger's seated weight on the front passenger seat
The front passenger's seated weight must be prop-
erly positioned on the front passenger seat. Failure
to do so may result in serious injury or death. The
OCS determines the most probable classification
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of the occupant that it detects. The OCS will detect
the front passenger's decreased or increased seated
weight, which may result in an adjusted inflation rate
of the Passenger Advanced Front Air Bag in a
collision. This does not mean that the OCS is work-
ing improperly. Decreasing the front passenger's
seated weight on the front passenger seat may
result in a reduced-power deployment of the Pas-
senger Advanced Front Air Bag. Increasing the
front passenger's seated weight on the front pas-
senger seat may result in a full-power deployment
of the Passenger Advanced Front Air Bag.
Examples of improper front passenger seating in-
clude:
• The front passenger's weight is transferred to an-
other part of the vehicle (like the door, arm rest or
instrument panel).
• The front passenger leans forward, sideways, or
turns to face the rear of the vehicle.
• The front passenger's seatback is not in the full
upright position.
• The front passenger carries or holds an object
while seated (e.g., backpack, box, etc.).
• Objects are lodged under the front passenger
seat.
• Objects are lodged between the front passenger
seat and center console.
• Accessories that may change the seated weight on
the front passenger seat are attached to the front
passenger seat.
• Anything that may decrease or increase the front
passenger's seated weight.
The OCS determines the front passenger's most
probable classification. If an occupant in the front
passenger seat is seated improperly, the occupant
may provide an output signal to the OCS that is
different from the occupant's properly seated
weight input, for example:
Not Seated Properly
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