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Safety features of your vehicle Air bag - Advanced Supplemental Restraint
System
Conditions and operation of the front passenger ODS
䳜 Do not install a child restraint seat
in the passenger seat when the
seat is heavily soaked with any
type of liquid.
䳜 Do not alter or remodel the Occu
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pant Detection System (ODS).
This may damage the system and
prevent its proper function in a
collision.
Condition detected by the
occupant classification sys
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tem
Indicator/Warning light Devices
"PASSENGER
AIR BAG OFF"
indicator light
SRS warning
light
Front passenger
air bag
1. Adult
*1
Off Off Activated
2. Child Restraint System
(CRS) with child under 12
months old
*2*3*4
On Off Deactivated
3. Unoccupied On Off Deactivated
4. Malfunction in the system Off On Activated
*1. The system judges a person of adult size as an adult. When a smaller adult sits in
the front passenger seat, the system may recognize him/her as a child depend
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ing on his/her physique and posture.
*2. Do not allow children to ride in the front passenger seat. When a larger child who
has outgrown a CRS sits in the front passenger seat, the system may recognize
him/her as an adult depending upon his/her physique or sitting position.
*3. Never install a CRS on the front passenger seat.
*4. The PASSENGER AIR BAG " " indicator may turn on or off when a child above
12 months to 12 years old (with or without a CRS) sits in the front passenger
seat. This is a normal condition.