Seating and Safety Restraints
Thefrontpassengersensingsystemwillturnoffthepassengerseatside
airbagif:
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theseatisemptyandsafetybeltisunbuckled.
Thefrontpassengersensingsystem
usesaЉpassengerairbagoffЉor
ЉpassairbagoffЉindicatorwhichwill
illuminateandstaylittoremindyou
thatthefrontpassengerfrontalairbagisdisabled.Theindicatorlampis
locatedinthecenterstackoftheinstrumentpanelabovetheradio.
Note:Theindicatorlampwillilluminateforashortperiodoftimewhen
theignitionisturnedtotheonpositiontoconfirmitisfunctional.
Whenthefrontpassengerseatisnotoccupied(emptyseat)orinthe
eventthatthefrontpassengerfrontalairbagisenabled(mayinflate),the
indicatorlampwillbeunlit.
Thefrontpassengersensingsystemisdesignedtodisable(willnot
inflate)thefrontpassenger’sfrontalairbagwhenarearfacinginfant
seat,aforward-facingchildrestraint,oraboosterseatisdetected.
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Whenthefrontpassengersensingsystemdisables(willnotinflate)
thefrontpassengerfrontalairbag,theindicatorlampwillilluminate
andstaylittoremindyouthatthefrontpassengerfrontalairbagis
disabled.
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Ifthechildrestrainthasbeeninstalledandtheindicatorlampisnot
lit,thenturnthevehicleoff,removethechildrestraintfromthe
vehicleandreinstalltherestraintfollowingthechildrestraint
manufacturer’sinstructions.
Thefrontpassengersensingsystemisdesignedtoenable(mayinflate)
thefrontpassenger’sfrontalairbaganytimethesystemsensesthata
personofadultsizeissittingproperlyinthefrontpassengerseat.
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Whenthefrontpassengersensingsystemenablesthefrontpassenger
frontalairbag(mayinflate),theindicatorwillbeunlitandstayunlit.
Ifapersonofadultsizeissittinginthefrontpassenger’sseat,butthe
ЉpassengerairbagoffЉorЉpassairbagoffЉindicatorlampislit,itis
possiblethatthepersonisn’tsittingproperlyintheseat.Ifthishappens:
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Turnthevehicleoffandaskthepersontoplacetheseatbackinthe
fulluprightposition.
Havethepersonsituprightintheseat,centeredontheseatcushion,
withtheperson’slegscomfortablyextended.
Restartthevehicleandhavethepersonremaininthispositionfor
abouttwominutes.Thiswillallowthesystemtodetectthatperson
andenablethepassenger’sfrontalairbag.
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| Model Year | 2009 |
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