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Child restraints on the front seat - some
important things to know
.. Be sure to read the important informat ion
and heed the WARNINGS for important de-
tai ls about chi ldren and Advanced Airbags
i=> p age 138.
Even though your vehicle is equipped with an
Advanced Airbag System, make certain that
a ll children, especially those 12 years and
younger, are properly restrained for their age
and s ize. The airbag on the passenger side
makes the front seat a potentially dangerous
place for a child to ride . The front seat is not
the safest place for a child in a forward-facing
chi ld safety seat. It can be a very dangerous
place for an infant or a child in a rearward-fac -
ing seat.
The Advanced Airbag System in your veh icle
has been cert ified t o comp ly with the require-
men t s of Unit ed States Federa l Moto r Vehicle
Safety Standard 208 as applicable at the time
your vehicle was manufactured.
The Standard requires t he fron t a irbag on the
passenger side t o be tu rne d off ("sup-
pressed") if a child up to about one year of
age restrained in one of the rear -facing or for-
ward -facing infant restraints listed in Federal
Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 208 with wh ich
the Advanced Airbag System in your vehicle
was certified has been installed o n the front
passenger seat . For a listing of the child re-
straints that we re used to certify compliance
with the US Safety Sta ndard
c> page 140.
The PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light in the in-
strument panel te lls you when the front Ad-
vanced Airbag on the passenger side has been
turned off by the e lectronic control unit.
Each t ime you tur n on the ignition, the PAS-
SENGER AIR BAG OFF
light will come on for a
few seconds a nd:
- will stay on if the front passenger seat is not
occup ied ,
- will stay on if there is a small child or child
restraint on the front passenger seat,
A irbag sys tem
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- will go off if the front passenger seat is oc-
cupied by an adult as registered by the
weight -sensing mat
c>
page 128, Monitor-
ing the Advanced Airbag System.
The PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light comes on
whe n the contro l unit detects a tota l weight
on the front passenger seat that req uires the
front a irbag to be turned off.
If the total weight on the front passenge r
seat is more than that of a typical 1 year-o ld
child but less than the weight of a small
adult, the front airbag 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 a irbag on the passenger side has not
been tur ned off by the elect roni c con tr ol unit
and can deploy if t he control unit se nses an
impact that meets t he cond it ions stored in its
memory .
For example, th e airbag may deploy if:
- a small ch ild that is heav ie r than a typical 1
year-old ch ild is on the front passenger seat
(regard less of whether the child is in one of
the child safety seats listed
c> page 140),
or
- a child who has outgrown chi ld restraints is
on the front passenge r seat.
If the front passenger airbag is turned off, the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light in the center
of the instrument panel will come on and stay
o n.
The front airbag on the passenger side may
not deploy (t he PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light does not illum inate and stay lit) eve n if a
small ad ult or teenager, or a passenge r who is
not sitt ing upr ight with t heir back against a
non -reclined ba ckrest w it h their feet on the
vehicle floor in front of the sea t is on t he front
passenger seat
c>
page 100, Proper seating
position for the driver.
If t he fron t passenger airbag dep loys, the
Federa l Standar d requ ires the airbag to meet
the "low risk" dep loyment criteria to red uce
the risk of injury th rough interaction with the
airbag. "Low risk" dep loyment occurs in those .,..
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