GMC Terrain 2025 - Passenger Sensing System

GMC Terrain/Terrain Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/Mexico-18552429) - 2025
52 Seats and Restraints
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crash severe enough to inflate the
ai
rbags may have also damaged important
functions in the vehicle, such as the fuel
system, brake and steering systems, etc.
Even if the vehicle appears to be drivable
after amoderate crash, there may be
concealed damage that could make it
difficult to safely operate the vehicle.
Use caution if you should attempt to restart
the engine after acrash has occurred.
In many crashes severe enough to inflate
th
e airbag, windshields are broken by vehicle
deformation. Additional windshield breakage
may also occur from the front outboard
passenger airbag.
•
Airbags are designed to inflate only once.
After an airbag inflates, you will need
some new parts for the airbag system. If
you do not get them, the airbag system
will not be there to help protect you in
another crash. Anew system will include
airbag modules and possibly other parts.
The service manual for the vehicle covers
the need to replace other parts.
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Th
e vehicle has acrash sensing
and diagnostic module which records
information after acrash. See Vehicle Data
Recording and Privacy 3 308 and Event Data
Recorders 3309.
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Let only qualified technicians work on
the airbag system. Improper service can
mean that an airbag system will not work
properly. See your dealer for service.
Passenger Sensing System
The vehicle has apassenger sensing system
for the front outboard passenger position. The
passenger airbag status indicator will light
on the overhead console when the vehicle
is started.
The words ON and OFF, and the symbols for
on
and off, will be visible during the system
check. When the system check is complete,
either the word ON or OFF, and the symbol for
on
or off, will be visible. See Passenger Airbag
Status Indicator 392.
The passenger sensing system turns off the
front outboard passenger frontal airbag under
certain conditions. No other airbag is affected
by the passenger sensing system.
The passenger sensing system works with
sensors that are part of the front outboard
passenger seat and seat belt. The sensors are
designed to detect the presence of aproperly
seated occupant and determine if the front
outboard passenger frontal airbag should be
allowed to inflate or not.
According to accident statistics, children are
safer when properly secured in a rear seat in the
correct child restraint for their weight and size.
Whenever possible, children aged 12 and under
should be secured in arear seating position.
Never put arear-facing child seat in the front.
This is because the risk to the rear-facing child
is so great, if the airbag inflates.