If the word ON or the on symbol is lit on the passengerairbag status indicator, it means that the right frontpassenger’s frontal airbag is enabled (may inflate).{CAUTION:If the on indicator comes on when you have arear-facing child restraint installed in the rightfront passenger’s seat, it means that thepassenger sensing system has not turned offthe passenger’s frontal airbag. A child in arear-facing child restraint can be seriouslyinjured or killed if the right front passenger’sairbag inflates. This is because the back of therear-facing child restraint would be very closeto the inflating airbag. Do not use a rear-facingchild restraint in the right front passenger’sseat if the airbag is turned on.Your vehicle has a rear seat that will accommodate arear-facing child restraint. A label on your sun visor says,“Never put a rear-facing child seat in the front.” Thisis because the risk to the rear-facing child is so great, ifthe airbag deploys.{CAUTION:Even though the passenger sensing system isdesigned to turn off the passenger’s frontalairbag if the system detects a rear-facing childrestraint, no system is failsafe, and no one canguarantee that an airbag will not deploy undersome unusual circumstance, even though it isturned off. We recommend that rear-facingchild restraints be secured in the rear seat,even if the airbag is off.If the word OFF or the off symbol is lit on the airbagstatus indicator, it means that the passenger sensingsystem has turned off the right front passenger’s frontalairbag. See Passenger Sensing System on page 1-63for more on this, including important safety information.3-36
