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- Always make sure the forward-facing
seat has been designed and certified by
its manufacturer for use on a front seat
with a passenger front and side airbag .
- Never put the forward-facing child re-
straint up against or very near the instru-
ment panel.
- Always move the passenger seat into its
rearmost position in the seat's fore and
aft adjustment range, as far away from
the airbag as possible, before insta lling
the fo rward -facing child restraint . The
backrest must be adjust ed to an upr ight
posit ion.
- Make sure that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
light comes on and st ays on all the
t ime w henever the ignition is switched
on .
Advanced Airbag System components
The front passenger seat in your vehicle has a
lot of very important parts of the Advanced
Airbag System in it. These parts include the
weight-sens ing mat, sensors, wiring, brack-
ets, and more . The function of the system in
the front passenger seat is checked by the
electronic control unit when the ignit ion is on.
The control unit mon itors the Advanced Air-
bag Syst em and tu rns t he airbag indicat or
light on when a ma lfunction in t he system
components is detected . The function of the
airbag indicator light is described in greater
deta il below. Because the front passenger
seat contains important parts of the Ad-
vanced Airbag System, you must take care to
prevent it from being damaged . Damage to
the seat may prevent the Advanced Airbag for
the front passenger seat from doing its j ob in
a crash.
The front Advanced Airbag System
consists of the following:
- Crash sensors in the front of the veh icle that
measu re vehicl e accelerat ion/decele rati on
to provide info rmation to t he Advanced Air -
bag System abo ut t he severity of the crash.
A irbag sys tem
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- An elect ron ic cont rol unit, with integrated
crash sensors for front and side impacts .
The control unit "decides" whether to f ire
the front airbags based on the informat ion
received from the crash sensors. The control
unit also "decides" whether the safety belt
prete nsioners shou ld be act ivat ed.
- An Advanced Airbag w it h gas generator for
the driver inside the steering wheel hub.
- An Advanced Airbag w ith gas generator in-
side the instrument panel for the front pas-
senger.
- A weight-sensing mat under the upholstery
padding of the front passenger seat cushion
that measures the to t al weight on the seat.
The informat ion registe red is sent continu-
ously to the elect roni c contr ol unit to regu-
lat e deployment of the front Advanced Air-
bag on the passenger side.
- An airbag moni t ori ng syst em and ind icator
light in the instr ument cluster
q page 193.
- The
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
ligh t comes
on and stays on in the cent er of t he inst ru-
ment panel
q page 193, fig. 211
and t ells
you whe n the front Advanced Airbag on the
passenger side has been tu rned off .
- A sensor below the safety belt latch f or the
front seat passenger to measure the tension
on the safety belt . The tension on the safety
belt and the weight registered by the
weight-sensi ng mat help the control unit
"decide" whether the front airbag for the
front passenger seat should be turned off or
not
q pag e
184,
Child restraints on the
front seat - some important things to
know.
- A sensor in the safety belt latch fo r the driv-
er and fo r the fro nt seat passenger t hat
senses w hethe r that safety belt is latche d or
not and transmi t s this informa t ion to the
electronic contro l unit.
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WARNING
Damage to the front passenger seat can
prevent the front airbag from work ing
properly .
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