Airbag system
The PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light will show
the status of the front seat passenger's frontal
Advan ced Airbag a few seconds after the igni-
tion is switched on and the airbag indicator
light goes off. The PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light:
- will stay on if the front passenge r seat is not
occupied;
- will stay on if the elect rical capac itance meas-
ured by the capac itive passenger detection sys-
tem fo r the front passenger seat equals the
combined capacitance of a n infant up to about
one year of age and one of the rearward -facing
or fo rwa rd-facing chi ld restra int s list ed in Fed-
era l Mot or Vehicle Safety Sta ndar d 2 08 wit h
which t he Advance d Airbag Syste m in your ve hi-
cle was certi fied; Fo r a listi ng of the child re-
st rain t s that were used to ce rtif y you r vehicle's
com pliance with t he U.S. Safety Sta ndar d
¢ page 297 .
- will g o out if t he front pas senge r seat is occu -
pied by an adult as reg istere d by the capacitive
passenger detection system.
- The
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light must come
on an d stay on if the ignition is on and ...
- a ca r bed has been insta lled on t he fron t pas -
senger seat, o r
- a rearwar d-facing child res tr a int has been in-
sta lled on t he front passe ng er seat, or
- a forwar d-facing child res t raint ha s bee n insta l-
le d on t he front passenge r seat,
- and if th e e lect rical capac it ance regis t ered on
t he fron t pa ssenger sea t is eq ual t o or less th an
the comb ined capacitan ce of a typica l 1 yea r-
old infant a nd one of the rearwar d -fac ing or
forwa rd-facing chi ld restraints listed in Federal
Motor Vehicle Safety Sta ndard 208 with which
the Advanced Airbag System in your vehicle was
cert ified.
If t he front passenger seat is not occupied, the
front a irbag will not dep loy, and the
PASSENGER
AIR BAG OFF
light will stay on. Never install a
rearward -fac ing child rest raint on the front pas-
senge r sea t , t he safes t place for a child in any
kind of child res tr aint is at one of t he sea ting po-
sit ions on t he rear sea t
¢page 27 0, Child re-
282
straints on the front sea t - some important
things to know
and ¢ page 294, Child safety.
If the PASSENGER AIR BAG light comes
on ...
If th e PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light comes on
whe n one of t he conditions listed above is met,
be su re to check the light regular ly to make cer -
ta in that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light
stays on continuously wheneve r the ignition is
on. If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF lig ht does
not appea r on and does not stay on a ll the time,
stop as soon as it is safe t o do so a nd
- reactivate the system by tur ning the ignit ion
off for more than 4 seconds and the n t urning it
on again;
- remove and re install the ch ild restraint. Make
sure that the child restra int is prope rly insta l-
led and t ha t th e safe ty belt for t he fro nt pas-
senge r sea t has been corre ct ly rou t ed t hrough
t he child restra int as d es cribed in th e child re-
stra int manufac t urer 's inst ructi ons;
- mak e sure th at t he convert ible locking ret rac-
to r on the safety belt for t he fro nt passe nge r
se at has been a ct ivat ed a nd t hat t he safety belt
has bee n pu lled ti gh t.
- mak e sure t hat no e lect rical device (such as a
lap t op, CD playe r, e lectro nic games d evice,
power inverte r or seat heater fo r child seats) is
placed or used on the fro nt passen ge r seat if
the device is connected to t he 12-vo lt soc ket or
the cigarette lighter socket;
- make sure that no seat hea t er has bee n ret ro-
fitted or othe rwise ad d ed to t he front passen-
ger seat;
- make sure that not hing can inte rfere with t he
safety belt buckles and that they are not ob-
st ructed;
- make sure that t here are no wet objects (such
as a wet towe l) and no water or ot her liquids on
the front passenge r seat cushion .
If the PASSENGER AIR BAG light still does
not come on .. .
If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light still does
not come on a nd does not stay on continuously
(whe n the ign ition is sw itched on) , .,.
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