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Note:
You may not see the system
self-check when using the
vehicle remote-start feature to
start the engine.
See "Vehicle Remote-Start" in
Section 3 for more information.
Sensors in the right front passen-
ger seat and safety belt detect
the presence of an occupant to
determine if the passenger’s
frontal air bag should be on or off.
The passenger sensing system
will turn off the passenger frontal
air bag under the following
conditions:
• The right front passenger seat
has no weight placed on it for
a period of time or is unoccu-
pied.
• The system detects an infant in
a child restraint.
It is important to note that
for some children, including
children in child restraints, and
for very small adults, the
system may or may not turn off
the air bag, depending upon
the person's seating posture
and body build.
Everyone in your vehicle who
has outgrown child restraints
should wear a safety belt
properly, whether or not there
is an air bag for that person.
The passenger air bag is also
turned off if there is a critical
problem with the frontal air bag
system or with the passenger
sensing system.
The "off" indicator will stay on if
the right front passenger's air bag
is deactivated.
When the system senses that a
person of adult size is sitting in the
right front passenger seat, the
front passenger's air bag will be
activated and the "on" indicator
will appear in the passenger
sensing system status bar.
See the following, later in this
section, for more information:
• System Operation with a Child
Restraint
• System Operation with Adult
Passengers
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