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1-52 Safety — Seats, seat belts and supplemental restraint system
Status light:
The front passenger seat is equipped with occupant classification sensors (weight sensors) that turn the front passenger air bag and
front passenger knee air bag on or off depending on the weight applied to the front passenger seat. The status of the front
passenger air bag and front passenger knee air bag (ON or OFF) is indicated by the front passenger air bag status light
which is
located on the instrument panel. After the ignition switch is placed in the ON position, the front passenger air bag status light
illuminates for about 7 seconds and then turns off or remains illuminate depending on the front passenger seat occupied status. The
light operates as follows:
CONDITION DESCRIPTION
PASSENGER AIR BAG
INDICATOR LIGHT (
)
FRONT PASSENGER AIR BAG AND
FRONT PASSENGER KNEE AIR BAG
STATUS
Empty Empty front passenger seat ON (illuminated)
INHIBITED
Nobody/Somebody
Bag or Child or Child Restraint or
Small Adult in front passenger seat
ON (illuminated)
INHIBITED
Adult Adult in the front passenger seat OFF (dark)
ACTIVATED
In addition to the above, certain objects placed on the front passenger seat may also cause the light to operate as described above
depending on their weight.
For additional information related to the normal operation and troubleshooting of this occupant classification sensor system, please
refer to “Normal operation” (P.1-54) and “Troubleshooting” (P.1-55) in this section.
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