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Airbag
system
The Standard requires the front airbag on the
passenger side to be turned off ("suppressed") if
a child up to about one year of age restrained in
one of the rea r-facing or forward-facing infant re-
straints listed in Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Standard 208 with which the Advanced Airbag
System in your vehicle was certified has been in-
stalled on the front passenger seat . For a listing
of the ch ild restraints that were used to certify
comp liance with the US Safety Standard
¢ page 124.
The
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light in the instru-
men t panel tells you when the front Advanced
Airbag on the passenger side has been turned off
by the electronic control unit.
Each t ime you turn on the ignition, the
PASSEN-
GER AIR BAG OFF
light w ill come on for a few
seconds and:
- will stay o n if the front passenger seat is not
occupied,
- will stay on if there is a small child or child re-
stra int on the front passenger seat,
- will go off if the front pa ssenger seat is occu-
pied by an adult as registered by the weight-
sensing mat ¢ page 112, Monitoring the Ad-
vanced Airbag System.
The
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light comes on
when the control un it detects a total weight on
the front passenger seat that requ ires the front
a irbag to be turned off.
If the total weight on the front passenger seat is
more than that of a typical 1 year-old child but
less than the we ight of a small adult, the front
a irbag on the passenger side can deploy (the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light does not come
on) . 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 e lectronic
contro l unit and can deploy if the control unit
senses an impact that meets the conditions stor-
ed in its memory.
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 (re-
104
gardless of whether the child is in one of the
child safety seats listed¢ page 124), or
- a child who has outgrown child restraints is on
the front passenger seat.
If the front passenger airbag is turned off, the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light comes on in the
instrument pane l and stays on.
The front airbag on the passenger side may not
deploy (the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light does
not illuminate and stay lit) even if a smal l adult
o r teenager, or a passenger who is not sitting up-
right with their back against a non-reclined back-
rest with their feet on the vehicle floor in front of
the seat is on the front passenger seat
¢
page 87, Proper seating position for the driver.
If the front passenger airbag deploys, the Federal
Standard requires the airbag to meet the "low
risk" dep loyment criteria to reduce the risk of in-
ju ry through interaction with the a irbag. "Low
risk" deployment occurs in those crashes that
take place at lower decelerations as defined in
the electronic control un it ¢page 112, PASSEN-
G£R AIR BAG OFF
light.
Always remember, a child safety seat or infan t
carr ier installed on the front seat may be struck
and knocked out of position by the rapidly inflat-
ing passenge r's airbag in a frontal collision . The
airbag could greatly reduce the effec tiveness of
the child res t raint and even seriously injure the
child during inflation.
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WARNING
A child in a rearward-facing chi ld safety seat
installed on the front passenger seat will be
seriously injured and can be killed if the front
a irbag inflates - even with an Advanced Airbag
System.
- The inflating airbag will hit the ch ild safety
seat or infant carrier with great force and
will smash the child safety seat and child
aga inst the backrest, door or roof.
- Never install a rearward facing child safety
seat on the front passenger seat unless the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light comes on
and stays on. If the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
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