Airb a g syste m
about children and Advanced Airbags
¢ page 166 .
Even tho ugh your vehicle is equ ipped with an Ad-
vanced Airbag System, make certain that all chi l-
dren, especially those 12 years and younger, al-
ways ride in the back seat properly 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 ca n be a very dangerous place for an in-
fant or a child in a rea rwa rd-fac ing seat.
The Advanced Airbag System in your veh icle has
been cert ified to comply with the requ irements
of United States Federal Moto r Vehicle Safety
Standard (FMVSS) 208, as well as Canada Motor
Vehicle Safety Standa rd (CMVSS) 208 as applica-
ble at the time your veh icle was ma nufactu red.
According to requi rements, the front Advanced
Airbag System on the passenger side has been
certifi ed 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 un it .
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 Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS)
208 with wh ich the Advanced Airbag System in
your vehicle was ce rt ified. For a listing of t he
child rest raints t hat we re used to certify your
vehicle 's compliance with t he Safety Standard
¢ page 168 .
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- will stay on if there is a sma ll 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 154, 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 Federa l Motor Ve-
hicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 208 with which
the Advanced Airbag System in your vehicle was
cert ified.
If the to t al e lectr ical capacitance registered on
the front passenger seat is more than that of a
typ ical 1 yea r-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 a irbag on the passenger s ide
has not been tur ned off by t he electroni c con tr ol
unit a nd can dep loy if the con t rol unit senses an
impact t hat meets the cond itions stored in its
memory.
For exampl e, t he airbag ma y deplo y if:
- a small ch ild that is heav ier than a typ ical 1
year-old child is on the front passenger seat
(regard less of whethe r the child is in one of t he
child seats listed
¢ page 168), or
- a child who has outgrown child rest raints is on
the front passenge r seat.
If the front passenger a irbag is turned off, the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light comes on in the
inst rument cluster and stays on .
If the front passenger a irbag deploys, the Feder-
al Standard requires the airbag to meet the "low
risk" deployment criteria to reduce the risk of in-
jury th rough interact ion w ith the airbag . "Low
risk" dep loyment occurs in t hose crashes tha t
t a ke place at lowe r decele rat ions as defined in
t he e lect ronic contro l unit
¢ page 154, PASSEN-
GER AIR BAG OFF light. ..,_
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