Loading ...
Loading ...
Loading ...
For a listing of the child restraints that were used to certify your vehicle's compliance with U.S. Safety
Standard208, see ⇒Child restraints and the Advanced Airbag System . The PASSENGERAIRBAG
light comes on and stays on to tell you when the front Advanced Airbag on the passenger side
has been turned off.
Passenger front airbag active
Switch on the ignition.
The capacitive passenger detection system measures the electrical capacitance of the front pas‐
senger seat. If that capacitance is above the reference value, the passenger front airbag will be
switched on by the Advanced Airbag control unit.
If the ignition is on, and the PASSENGERAIRBAG light in the instrument panel does not
come on, the passenger front airbag is generally active. If the light has burned out (see be‐
low), you will be unable to tell whether the passenger front airbag is active or not.
Using child restraints on the front passenger seat
The airbag on the front passenger side makes the front seat a potentially dangerous place for a child
to ride. Because of this danger, and because children are generally better protected on the rear seat
when properly restrained for their age and size, we strongly advise that you always place children on
the rear seat ⇒The dangers of using child restraints on the front seat . For a list of the child restraints
used to certify compliance of the Advanced Airbag System in your vehicle with the suppression re‐
quirements of FMVSS208, see ⇒Child restraints and the Advanced Airbag System .
For more information, see ⇒Child safety and child restraints ; note ⇒ below!
How do I know when the passenger front airbag has been turned off by the control unit?
The PASSENGERAIRBAG light in the instrument panel will come on and stay on to tell you
when the front Advanced Airbag on the passenger side has been turned off by the electronic control
unit. Unless the yellow light comes on and stays on, the passenger front airbag is still active
⇒PASSENGERAIRBAG light .
For safety reasons, you must never use a child restraint system on the front passenger seat un‐
less the PASSENGERAIRBAG light comes on and stays on, perhaps in combination with
the indicator light in the instrument cluster. If the passenger front airbag deployed in an accident, it
would severely injure and possibly kill the child in the restraint system. If the PASSENGERAIRBAG
light burns out, the airbag indicator light will come on and signal a malfunction of the Advanced
Airbag System. Although the burned-out light will not change the way the front airbag on the passen‐
Loading ...
Loading ...
Loading ...