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PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light
Fig. 167
Section from the instrument panel: PASSENGER
AIR BAG OFF lig ht
The
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light is located in
the center of the instrument pane l ¢
fig. 167 .
The
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light will come on
and stay on to tell you when the front Advanced
Airbag on the passenger side has been t urned off
by the electronic control unit . Each time you turn
on the ignition, the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light will flash for a few seconds and:
- will stay on if the front passenger sea t is not
occupied,
- will stay on if the re is a small child or child re-
straint on t he front passenger seat,
- will go out if the front passenge r seat is occu-
pied by an adul t as reg istered by the weight-
sensing mat.
The
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light mu st come
on and stay on
if t he ignition is on and
- a car bed has been installed on t he front seat,
or
- a rearward-facing child restraint has been in-
stalled on the front passenger seat, or
- a forward-facing child restra int has been instal-
led on the front passenger seat, or
- the weight registered on the front passenger
seat is equal to or less than the combined
weight of a typical 1 year-old restrained in one
of the rear-facing or forward-fac ing infant re-
straints listed in Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Sta ndard 208 with which the Advanced Airbag
System in your veh icle was certified.
If the front passenger seat is not occupied, the
front a irbag will not deploy, and the
PASSENGER
Airb a g sys tem
AIR BAG OFF
light will stay on. Never install a
rearward-facing child restraint on the front pas-
senger seat, the safest place for a ch ild in any
kind of child restraint is at one of the seating po-
sitions on the rear seat ¢
page 149, Child re-
straints on the front seat - some important
things to know
and
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page 168, Child safety.
If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light comes on
when one of the conditions listed above is met,
be su re to check the light regularly to make cer -
ta in that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light
stays on continuously whenever the ignition is
on. If the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light does
not appear and not st ay o n a ll the time, stop as
soon as it is safe to do so and
- reactivate the system by turning the ignit ion
off and then t urn ing it on again;
- remove and re insta ll the child restraint . Make
sure that the child restraint is properly insta l-
led and t hat the safety belt for the fro nt pa s-
senger seat has bee n correct ly routed around
the child rest raint as desc ribed in the child re-
stra int man ufactu rer's instructions;
- make sure that the convert ible locking fea t ure
on the safety be lt for the front passenger seat
has been activated and that the safety belt has
been pulled tight. The belt must not be loose or
have loops of slack so that the sensor be low the
safety belt latch on the seat can do its job
c:;,
page 178 .
- make sure that things that may increase the
weight of the child and ch ild safety seat are not
be ing transported on the front passe nger seat;
- make sure that the safety belt tens ion sensor is
not blocked . Shake the safety belt latch on the
front passe nger seatback and forth;
- If a strap or tether is being used to tie the child
safety seat to the front passenger seat, make
sure that it is not so tight that it causes the
weight-sens ing mat to measu re more weight
t han is actually on the seat.
I f th e PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light still does
not come on
and does not stay on continuously
(whe n the ignition is switc hed on),
- take the child restraint off the front passenger
seat and insta ll it properly at one of the rear
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