246 SAFETY
The OCS may deactivate the deployment of the Passenger
Advanced Front Air Bag if the OCS estimates that:
• The front passenger seat is unoccupied or has very light
obj
ects in it.
• The front passenger seat is occupied by a rear-facing child
res
traint.
• The front passenger seat is occupied by a child, including
a c
hild seated in a forward-facing child restraint or booster
seat.
• The front passenger seat is occupied by a small passenger,
inc
luding a child or small adult.
• The front passenger is not properly seated or his or her
weigh
t is taken off of the seat for a period of time.
Passenger Air Bag Disable (PAD) System
Front Passenger
Seat
Occupant
Status
Front Passenger
Advan
ced Air
Bag Disabled
Indicator Light
(“PAD”) Status
Front Passenger
Air
Bag Status
Unoccupied seat*
Unbu
ckled
NOT
ILLUMINATED
DEACTIVATED
Unoccupied
seat
*Buckled
“PASSENGER
AIR BAG OFF”
DEACTIVATED
Grocery bags,
heav
y briefcases,
and other
relatively light
objects
“PASSENGER
AIR
BAG OFF”
DEACTIVATED
Rear-facing child
r
est
raint**
“PASSENGER
AIR BAG OFF”
DEACTIVATED
Child, including a
chil
d in a
forward-facing
child restraint or
booster seat**
“PASSENGER
AIR
BAG OFF”
DEACTIVATED
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