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Child restraints on the front seat - some
important things to know
- Be sure to read t he impo rtant info rm ation and head t he
WARNINGS for importa nt details about children and
Advanced Airbags ~
page 207.
Even t hough your ve hicle is eq uipped with an Advanced Airbag
System, ma ke certain that a ll chi ld ren, especia lly those 12 years an d
younger, always ride in the back seat prope rly rest rained fo r t heir age
and size. The airbag on the passenger side makes the front seat a
po t entially da ngerous place fo r a child to ride. The fro nt seat is not
the safest place for a ch ild in a forward-facing child safety seat. It can
be a very dange rous place fo r an infan t or a child in a rearward-fac ing
seat.
The Advanced Airbag System in your vehicle has been cer t ified t o
comply with the Requirements of Unit ed States Federa l Motor
Vehicle Safety Standard 208 as applicable at the time your vehicle
was ma nufact ured .
The Standard requires the front airbag on the passenger side to be
tu rne d off ("s uppressed") if a child up to abou t o ne year of age
restra ined in one of the rear -facing or forward -fac ing infant
restra ints listed in Federa l Moto r Vehicle Safety Standard 2 08 with
whic h the Advanced Airbag System in yo ur vehicle was cert ified has
been installed on the front passenger seat. For a listing of the ch ild
restra int s that were used to certify compliance with the US Saf ety
Standard =>
page 209.
The
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF ligh t in t he inst rume nt pan e l t ells you
when the front Advanced Airbag on the passenger side has been
tur ned off by t he ele ct ronic con t rol unit .
Each time you t ur n on the ignition, t he
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light will come on for a few seconds and:
• will st ay on if t he front passenger se at is no t occupie d,
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• will stay on if there is a small ch ild or child restra int on the front
passenge r se at,
• will go off if the front passenger seat is occup ied by an adult as
reg iste red by t he weight -sens ing m at =>
page 196, "Moni t or ing t he
Advanced Airbag System" .
The
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light comes on when t he control unit
de t ects a total weight on t he front passenger seat that req uires the
front airbag to be t urned off .
If th e t otal weight on t he front passenger seat is more t han t hat of a
typical 1 year-o ld child but less than the weight of a small adult, the
fr ont a irbag on the passenge r sid e can deploy (t he
PASSENGER AIR
BAG OFF
light does not come on) . If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light d oes not come on, the front airbag on the passenger side has
not been turned off by the electronic control unit and can deploy if
the control unit senses an impact t hat meets the conditions stored in
its memory.
For example, the airbag may deploy if:
• a small child that is heavier than a typical 1 year -old child is on the
front passenger seat (rega rd less of whether the chi ld is in one of the
child safety seats listed =>
page 209), o r
• a child who has outgrown child restraints is on the front passenger
sea t.
If t he fro nt passenger a irbag is tur ned off, the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
light comes on in the instr ument cluster an d stays on.
The fron t air bag on t he passe nger side may
not de ploy (t he
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does not illum inate and stay lit) even
if a small adu lt or teenager, or a passenger who is no t sitti ng upright
with their back against a non-reclined backrest w ith the ir feet on the
vehicle floor in front of the seat is on the front passenger seat
=>
page 166, "Proper seat ing pos itio n for the dr iver".
If the front passenger ai rbag dep loys, the Federal Standard requires
t he airbag to m ee t the "low risk" deployme nt criter ia to reduce th e
risk of injury through interaction with the a irbag. "Low risk" deploy-
me nt occurs in t hose cras hes t hat tak e pla ce at lower decelerat io ns as
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