Hyundai 2006 Sonata Owner's Manual page 57

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FEATURES OF YOUR HYUNDAI
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OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM
Your vehicle is equipped with an occupant
classification system in the front passenger's
seat.
The Occupant Classification system is de-
signed to detect the presence of a properly-
seated front passenger and determine if the
passenger's front airbag should be enabled
(may inflate) or not. The driver's front airbag is
not affected or controlled by the Occupant
Classification system.
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If the front passenger seat is occupied by a
person that the system determines to be of adult
size, and he/she sits properly (sitting upright
with the seatback in an upright position, cen-
tered on the seat cushion with their seat belt on,
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legs comfortably extended and their feet on the
floor), the "PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF" indi-
cator will be turned off and the front passenger's
airbag will be able to inflate, if necessary, in
frontal crashes.
You will find the "PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF"
indicator on the center facia panel. This system
detects the conditions 1~4 in the following table
and activates or deactivates front passenger
airbags based on these conditions.
Condition and operation in the front pas-
senger occupant classification system
Condition
detected by "Passenger SRS Front
warning
the occupant air bag off" passenger
light
classification indicator light airbag
system
1 Off Off
1. Adult* Activated
2. Child* 2 or
Off
child restraint On Deactivated
system* 3
Off
3. Unoccupied On Deactivated
4. There is a
malfunction
On
Off Activated
in the
system
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*1) The system judges a person of adult size as
an adult. When a smaller adult sits in the front
passenger seat, the system may recognize
him/her as a child depending on his/her
physique and posture.
*2) Do not allow children to ride in the front
passenger seat. When a larger child who
has outgrown a child restraint system sits in
the front passenger seat, the system may
recognize him/her as an adult depending on
his/her physique or posture.
*3) Never install a child restraint system on the
front passenger seat.
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WARNING:
Do not do any of the following. Placing
weight on the front passenger's seat or
sitting out-of-correct position adversely
affects occupant classification system
operation.