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about children and Advanced Airbags
~ page 294 .
Even though your vehicle is equ ipped with an Ad-
vanced Airbag System, make certain that a ll chil-
dren, especially those 12 years and younger, al -
ways ride in the back seat proper ly restrained for
their age and size. 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 child
seat .
It can be a very dangerous place for an in-
fant or a child in a rea rward-fac ing seat.
The Advanced Airbag System in your veh icle has
been certified to comply with the requ irements
of United States Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Standa rd (FMVSS) 208, as well as Canada Motor
Vehicle Safety Standa rd (CMVSS) 208 as applica -
ble at the time your veh icle was man ufactu red.
According to requirements, the front Advanced
Airbag System on the passenger side has been
certified for "suppression" for infants of about
12 month old and younger and for "low risk de-
ployment" for children aged 3 to 6 years old (as
defined in the standard) .
The
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light in the instru -
ment panel tells you when the front Advanced
Airbag on the passenger side has been turned off
by the electronic control unit .
Each time you switch on the ignition, the
PAS·
SENGER AIR BAG OFF light will come on for a
few seconds and:
- will stay on if the front passenger seat is not
occupied,
- will stay on if the electrical capacitance meas -
ured by the capacitive passenger detection sys-
tem for the front passenger seat equals the
combined capacitance of an infant up to about
one year of age and one of the rearward-facing
or forward-facing child restraints listed in Fed-
eral Moto r Vehicle Safety Standard 208 wit h
wh ich the Advanced Airbag System in your veh i-
cle was cert ified . For a listing of the child re-
straints that were used to ce rt ify you r vehicle 's
compliance with the U.S. Safety Standard
~ page 297 .
Airbag sys t e m
- will stay on if there is a small child or child re-
straint on the front passenger seat,
- will go off if the front passenger seat is occu -
pied by an adu lt as registered by the capacitive
passenger detection system
~ page 281, Mon-
itoring the Advanced Airbag System.
The PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light comes on
when e lectrica l capacitance registered on the
front passenger seat is equal to or less t han the
combined capacitance of a typical 1 year-old in-
fant and one of the rearward-facing or forward-
facing child restrai nts listed in Federal Motor Ve-
hicle Safety Standard 208 wit h which the Ad-
vanced Airbag System in your vehicle was certi-
fied.
If the to t al electr ical capacitance reg istered on
the front passenger seat is more than that of a
typ ical 1 year-old ch ild but less than the weight
of a sma ll adult, the front airbag on the passen-
ger 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 s ide
has not been turned off by the electronic cont rol
unit and can dep loy if the control unit senses an
impact t hat meets the conditions stored in its
memory.
For example , t he airbag ma y deplo y if :
- a small child that is heav ier than a typ ical 1
year-old child is on the front passenger seat
(regardless of whethe r the child is in one of t he
child seats listed
~ page 297), or
- a child who has outgrown child rest raints is on
the front passenge r seat.
If the front passenger airbag is turned off, the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light comes on in the
inst rument cluste r and stays on .
If the front passenger airbag deploys, the Feder-
al Standard requires the airbag to meet the "low
risk" deployment criteria to reduce the risk of in-
jury through interact ion with the airbag . "Low
risk" deployment occurs in t hose crashes that
take place at lowe r decele rations as defined in
the e lectronic control unit~
page 281, PASSEN-
GER AIR BAG OFF light. ...
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