Passenger Airbag Status Indicator - Buick 2005 LaCrosse Owner's Manual

Passenger Airbag Status Indicator

Your vehicle has the passenger sensing system.
Your instrument panel has a passenger airbag
status indicator.
Passenger Airbag Status Indicator
When the ignition key is turned to RUN or START, the
passenger airbag status indicator will light ON and
OFF for several seconds as a system check. If you use
remote start to start your vehicle from a distance (if
equipped), you may not see the system check. Then,
after several more seconds, the status indicator will light
either ON or OFF to let you know the status of the
right front passenger's frontal airbag.
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If the word ON is lit on the passenger airbag status
indicator, it means that the right front passenger's frontal
airbag is 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. 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 unless the airbag has been turned off.