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Disabling the Passenger Front
Airbags
When a child is seated in the front passenger
seat (even when the child is seated in a child
safety seat or booster seat), you must ensure
the passenger front airbags are disabled to
prevent them from injuring the child if a
collision occurs.
Note: Rear seats are the preferred location for
seating children in child safety seats.
To control the front and side airbags on the
passenger side of the vehicle, touch
Controls > Settings > Safety & Security >
Passenger Front Airbag. Then choose from
two options:
• Touch OFF to manually disable the
airbags.
Warning: When you turn it o
manually, you must touch ON to
manually enable them again to
protect an adult occupant seated in
the front passenger seat.
• Touch AUTO to turn the front passenger
airbags
o and on automatically based on
the weight of the passenger (see
Occupant Detection System on page
42).
Passenger airbag status displays in the top
right corner of the touchscreen if the airbag is
OFF. (If the airbag is ON, no status is
displayed.) You can also touch this indicator to
display the settings previously described.
If the airbag is on, even if you have turned it
o (or vice versa), contact Tesla immediately.
Note: Model X has a capacitive touchscreen
and may not respond to your touch if you are
wearing standard gloves. If the touchscreen is
not responding, remove gloves or wear gloves
with conductive
fingertips for use with
capacitive touchscreens.
Warning:
It is the driver's responsibility to
confirm that the passenger front airbags
are OFF when a child is seated in the
front passenger seat. Do not rely on the
occupant detection system to turn o
airbags. Before driving with a child seated
on the front passenger seat, always
double-check passenger airbag status
displayed in the top right corner of the
touchscreen.
Warning: Never seat a child in a child
safety seat or a booster seat on the front
passenger seat when the airbag is
activated. Doing so can cause serious
injury or death.
Warning: If the passenger airbag control
does not appear to be functioning, do not
seat a passenger in the front seat.
Contact Tesla immediately to have the
vehicle inspected and if necessary,
repaired.
Occupant Detection System
Model X has an occupancy sensor in the front
passenger seat that controls the status of the
associated airbags based on the weight of the
occupant:
Weight in front
passenger seat
Passenger airbag
status
Empty OFF
Up to 20 lbs/9kg OFF
20-100 lbs/9-45 kg* OFF* or ON**
Over 100 lbs/45 kg ON**
*Values are approximate. A weight detected
near the threshold can cause the airbag
status to occasionally turn on and o
depending on seating position and
physique.
**The absence of the status, PASS AIRBAG
OFF, in the top right corner of the
touchscreen indicates that the passenger
airbag is ON and will
inflate in the event of a
collision.
Note: It takes approximately six seconds after
you power on Model X for the occupancy
sensor to report accurate status of the front
passenger airbag. As a result, when you
first
power on Model X, even in situations when it
should be OFF because the seat is either
empty or carrying a weight of 9 kg or less, it
will take the touchscreen approximately six
seconds to display the status, PASS AIRBAG
OFF. If it fails to do so, contact Tesla service
immediately and turn the airbags
o manually
when a child is seated in the front passenger
seating position.
Airbags
42 Model X Owner's Manual
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