Buick 2008 Allure, Owner'S Manual

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Passenger Airbag Status Indicator
Your vehicle has the passenger sensing system.
Your instrument panel has a has a passenger airbag
status indicator.
When you start the
vehicle, the passenger
airbag status indicator will
light the symbol for on
and off for several seconds
as a system check.
If you use remote start to start your vehicle from a
distance, if equipped, you may not see the system
check. Then, after several more seconds, the status
indicator will light either the on symbol or the off symbol
to let you know the status of the right front passenger’s
frontal airbag.
If the on symbol is lit on the passenger airbag status
indicator, it means that the right front passenger’s frontal
airbag is enabled (may inflate).
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CAUTION:
If the on indicator comes on when you have
a rear-facing child restraint installed in the
right front passenger’s seat, it means that the
passenger sensing system has not turned off
the passenger’s frontal airbag. A child in a
rear-facing child restraint can be seriously
injured or killed if the right front passenger’s
airbag inflates. This is because the back of the
rear-facing child restraint would be very close
to the inflating airbag. Do not use a rear-facing
child restraint in the right front passenger’s
seat if the airbag is turned on.
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