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Child restraints on the front seat - some
important things to know
- Be sure to read the important information and head the
WARNINGS for important detai ls about children and
Advanced Airbags =:>
page 148.
Even though your veh icle is eq uipped with an Advanced Airbag
System, make certain that all ch ildren, especially those 12 years and
younger, a lways ride in the back seat properly rest rained for the ir age
and size . The airbag on the passenger side makes the front seat a
poten t ially dangerous place fo r a child to ride. The front seat is not
the safest place for a child in a forward-facing child safety seat. It can
be a ve ry 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 cert ified to
comply with the Req uirements of United States Federa l Moto r
Vehicle Safety Standard 208 as applicable at the time your vehicle
was ma nufactu red .
The Standard requires the front airbag on the passenger side to be
tu rned off ("supp ressed") if a child up t o abo ut one year of age
restra ined in one of the rear -facing or forward -fac ing infant
restrain t s listed in Federa l Moto r Vehicle Safety Sta nd ard 208 with
w hich the Advanced Airbag System in your veh icle was certified has
been installed on the front passenger seat. For a listing of the chi ld
restra ints that were used to cert ify complia nce w ith t he US Safety
Standard =>
page 150.
The PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF ligh t in t he inst ru men t panel t ells you
when the front Advanced Airbag on the passenger s ide has been
tu rned off by t he electronic con t ro l unit .
Each time you turn on the ign ition, the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light will come on for a few seconds and:
• will stay on if t he fron t passenger seat is no t occupied,
• will stay on if there is a small ch ild or child restra int on the front
passenge r seat,
• will go off if the front passenger seat is occup ied by an adult as
reg iste red by the weight-sens ing mat =:>
page 137, "Monitori ng the
Adva nced Airbag System" .
The
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light comes on when the control unit
detects a tota l we ight on the front passenger seat t hat req uires the
front airbag to be t urned off.
If t he tota l we ight on the front passenger sea t is more t han th at of a
typical 1 year-old child but less than the weight of a small adu lt, the
front air bag on t he passenger side can dep loy (the
PASSENGER AIR
BAG OFF
lig ht does not come on) . If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light does not come on, the front airbag on the passenger side has
not been tu rned off by the e lectron ic control unit and can deploy if
the contro l unit senses an impact that meets the conditions stored in
its memory.
For example , the airbag may deploy if:
• a small chi ld t hat is heavier than a typical 1 year -old child is on the
front passenge r seat (regardless of whether the child is in one of the
child safety seats listed =>
page 150), or
• a chi ld who has outgrown child restra ints is on the front passenger
seat.
If the front passenger a irbag is turned off, the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
light comes on in the instrument cluster an d stays o n.
The front air bag on the passenger side ma y
not dep loy (t he
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does not illum inate and stay lit) even
if a small adult or teenage r, or a passenger who is no t sit t ing upright
w ith the ir back against a non-recli ned backrest w it h their feet on the
vehicle floor in front of the seat is on the front passenger seat
=:>
page 108, "Prope r seat ing pos ition for the dr iver".
If the front passenger airbag deploys, the Federal Standard requ ires
th e airb ag to meet the "low risk" deployment criteria to red uce t he
ris k of injury through interaction with the airbag. "Low risk" deploy-
ment occurs in t hose crashes t hat ta ke place at lower decelerations as .,.
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