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the front passenger seat . Always make sure that
the safety belt for the front passenger seat is
properly fastened .
The PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light will show
the status of the front seat passenger's frontal
Advanced 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 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 ch ild restraints listed in Fed-
eral Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 208 w ith
wh ich the Advanced Airbag System in your veh i-
cle was certified; For a listing of the child re-
straints that were used to certify you r vehicle 's
compliance with the U.S. Safety Standard
¢page 168 .
- will go out if the front passenger seat is occu-
pied by an adult as registered by t he capacitive
passenger detection system.
- The PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light must come
on and stay on if the ignition is on and ...
- a car bed has been insta lled on the front pas-
senger seat, or
- a rearward -fac ing child rest raint has been in-
sta lled on t he front passenger seat, or
- a fo rwa rd-facing child restra int has bee n instal-
led on the front passenger seat,
- and if the e lectr ical capacitance reg istered on
the front passenger seat is eq ual to or less th an
the combined capacitance of a typica l 1 year-
old infant and one of the rearward-facing or
forward-facing child restraints listed in Federal
Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 208 with which
the Advanced Airbag System in your vehicle was
certified.
If the front passenger seat is not occupied, the
front airbag will not dep loy, and the
PASSENGER
AIR BAG OFF
light will stay on. Never install a
rearward-fac ing child restraint on the front pas-
senger seat, the safest place for a child in any
Airbag system
kind of child restraint is at one of the seating po-
sitions on the rear seat ¢
page 143, Child re-
straints on the front seat - some important
things to know
and ¢ page 166, Child safety.
If the PASSENGER AIR BAG light comes
on ...
If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light comes on
when one of the conditions listed above is met,
be sure to check the light regularly to make cer-
ta in that the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light
stays on continuously whenever the ignition is
on . If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does
not appear on and does not stay on all the time,
stop as soon as it is safe to do so and
- reactivate the system by turning the ignit ion
off for more than 4 seconds and then turning it
on again;
- remove and re install the ch ild restraint. Make
sure that the chi ld restraint is properly insta l-
led and that the safety belt for the front pas-
senge r seat has been correct ly routed through
the child restraint as described in the child re-
straint manufacturer's instructions;
- ma ke sure that the convertible locking retrac-
tor on the safety belt for the front passenger
seat has been activated and that the safety belt
has been pulled tight.
- make sure that no e lectrica l device (such as a
laptop, CD player, e lectronic games device,
power inverter or seat heater for chi ld seats) is
placed or used on the front passenger seat if
the device is connected to the 12-volt socket or
the cigarette lighter socket;
- make sure that no seat heater has been retro-
fitted or otherw ise added to the front passen -
ger seat;
- make sure that not hing can interfere with the
safety belt buckles and t hat they are not ob-
structed;
- make sure that there are no wet objects (such
as a wet towel) and no water or other liquids on
the front passenger seat cushion . .,.
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