Passenger Airbag Status IndicatorYour vehicle has the passenger sensing system.Your overhead console has a passenger airbagstatus indicator.When you start the vehicle, the passenger airbag statusindicator will light ON and OFF, or the symbol for onand off, for several seconds as a system check. Then,after several more seconds, the status indicator willlight either ON or OFF, or either the on or off symbol,to let you know the status to let you know the status ofthe right front passenger’s frontal and seat-mountedside impact airbags.If the word ON or the on symbol is lit on the passengerairbag status indicator, it means that the right frontpassenger’s frontal airbag and seat-mounted side impactairbag are enabled (may inflate).{CAUTION:If the on indicator comes on when you havea rear-facing child restraint installed in theright front passenger’s seat, it means thatthe passenger sensing system has notturned off the passenger’s frontal airbag andseat-mounted side impact airbag (if equipped).A child in a rear-facing child restraint can beseriously injured or killed if the right frontpassenger’s airbag inflates. This is becausethe back of the rear-facing child restraintwould be very close to the inflating airbag.Do not use a rear-facing child restraint in theright front passenger’s seat if the airbag isturned on.United States Canada3-56
