Passenger Sensing SystemYour vehicle has a passenger sensing system for theright front passenger position. The passenger airbagstatus indicator will be visible when you turn your ignitionkey to ON or START. The words ON and OFF or thesymbol for on and off, will be visible on the rearviewmirror during the system check. When the system checkis complete, either the word ON or the word OFF, orthe symbol for on or the symbol for off will be visible.See Passenger Airbag Status Indicator on page 3-35.The passenger sensing system will turn off the rightfront passenger’s frontal airbag under certain conditions.The driver’s airbags are not part of the passengersensing system.The passenger sensing system works with sensors thatare part of the right front passenger’s seat. The sensorsare designed to detect the presence of a properly-seatedoccupant and determine if the passenger’s frontal airbagshould be enabled (may inflate) or not.Accident statistics show that children are safer if theyare restrained in the rear rather than the front seat.We recommend that child restraints be secured in a rearseat, including an infant riding in a rear-facing infantseat, a child riding in a forward-facing child seat andan older child riding in a booster seat.United StatesCanada1-63
