Saab 9-5 2011 Owner's Manual page 61

60 Seats, restraints
Do not position a sun visor or sim‐
ilar item in the area that would be
filled by the inflatable curtain.
Do not stack loads so high that
they could encumber the inflatable
curtain in the event of a collision.
Seat occupancy
recognition
Passenger Sensing System
Vehicles with a passenger sensing
system have indicator LEDs on the
roof console. The indicators will both
be lit during the system check when
the ignition is switched on. When the
system check is complete, either the
symbol for on or off will be lit.
The passenger sensing system will
turn off the right front passenger's
frontal airbag under certain condi‐
tions.
The driver's airbags are not part of the
passenger sensing system.
The passenger sensing system works
with sensors that are part of the right
front passenger's seat and safety
belt. The sensors are designed to de‐
tect the presence of a properly-
seated occupant and determine if the
passenger's frontal airbag should be
enabled or not.
Accident statistics show that children
are safer if they are restrained in the
rear rather than the front seat.
Graphic shows US version.
Graphic shows Canadian version.
Saab recommends that child re‐
straints be secured in a rear seat, in‐
cluding: an infant riding in a rear-fac‐
ing infant seat; a child riding in a for‐
ward-facing child seat; an older child
riding in a booster seat; and children,
who are large enough, using safety
belts.
Your vehicle has a rear seat that will
accommodate a rear-facing child re‐
straint. Never put a rear-facing child
seat in the front. This is because the
risk to the rear-facing child is so great,
if the airbag deploys.