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list ing of the child restraints that were used to certify your vehicle's
compliance with the US Safety St andard ~
page 209,
• we ight less than a threshold level sto red in the contro l unit is
de t ected o n t he front pas senge r seat.
When a person is detected on t he front passenger seat, weigh ing
more tha n the tota l we ight of a child that is about 1 year old
restra ined in one of the rear-facing or forward-fac ing infant
restraints (listed in Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard
208 with
which t he Advan ced Airbag System in your veh icle was cert ified), the
front airbag on the passenger side may or may not dep loy.
The
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF ligh t comes on when t he elect ronic
control unit detects a tota l weig ht on the front passenger seat that
req uires the front airbag to be turned off . If the PASSENGER AIR
BAG OFF
light does not come on, the front airbag on the passenger
side has not been turned off by the control unit and can d eploy if the
cont rol un it senses an impact that meets the conditions stored in its
memory.
If t he t ota l we ight on the fro nt passenger sea t is more t han th at of a
typical
1 year-o ld, but less than the weight of a small adult, the front
airbag on the passenger side may dep loy (the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
light does not come on) .
For example , the airb ag may deploy if:
• a small child that is heav ier than a typical 1 year-old child is on the
front passenger seat (regard less of whether the ch ild is in one of the
child safety seats listed ~
page 2 09),
• a child who has outgrown child restra ints is on the front passenger
sea t .
If the front passenger a irbag is turned off, the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
light in the center of the instr ument panel will come on and stay
on .
The front airbag on the passenger side may
not dep loy (the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does not illumi nate and st ay lit) if:
• a small adult or teenager is on the front passenger seat
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• a passenger who is not sitt ing uprig ht with their back against a
non-recline d backrest wit h t he ir feet on the veh icle floor in fro nt of
the seat is o n the fro nt passenger seat.
If the front passenger airbag dep loys, the Federa l Standard requires
t he airbag to mee t the "low risk" deployment criter ia to help reduce
the risk of injury through interaction with the a irbag. "Low risk"
dep loyment occurs in those crashes that ta ke place at lowe r de cele r-
ations as defined in the electronic contro l unit.~
page 196
Alw ays remember: Even tho ugh your vehicle is eq uipped with
Advanced Airbags, the safest place for children is properly restrained
on the back seat. Please be sure to read the important information in
the sections t hat follow and be su re to heed all of the WARNINGS.
& WARNING
To reduce the risk of injury w hen an airbag inflate s, alwa ys wear
safet y belt s properly .
• If you are unrestrained, leaning forward, sitting sideways or
out of position in any way , your risk of injury is much high er.
• You will also receive serious injurie s and could even be killed if
you are up again st the airbag or too close to it wh en it inflates -
even w ith an Advanced Airbag ~
page 185 .
& WARNING
A child in a rearward-facing child safety seat installed on the front
passenger seat will be seriously injured and can be killed if the
front airbag inflates · even with an Advanced Airbag System .
• Although the Advanced Airb ag System in your vehicle is
designed to turn off the front airbag when a rearward-facing child
restraint has been installed on the front passenger seat , nobody
can absolut ely guar antee th at deployment is impo ssible in all
conceivable situation s that may happen during the useful life of
your vehicle. _,.
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