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CAUTION (Continued)
Even if the passenger sensing
system has turned off the right
front passenger frontal airbag,
no system is fail-safe. No one
can guarantee that an airbag
will not deploy under some
unusual circumstance, even
though it is turned off.
Secure rear-facing child
restraints in a rear seat, even if
the airbag is off. If you secure a
forward-facing child restraint in
the right front seat, always
move the front passenger seat
as far back as it will go. It is
better to secure the child
restraint in a rear seat.
The passenger sensing system is
designed to turn off the right
front passenger frontal airbag if:
• The right front passenger seat is
unoccupied.
• The system determines that an
infant is present in a rear-facing
infant seat.
• The system determines that a
small child is present in a
child restraint.
• The system determines that a
small child is present in a
booster seat.
• A right front passenger takes
his/her weight off of the seat
for a period of time.
• The right front passenger seat is
occupied by a smaller person,
such as a child who has
outgrown child restraints.
• Or, if there is a critical problem
with the airbag system or the
passenger sensing system.
When the passenger sensing
system has turned off the right front
passenger frontal airbag, the off
indicator will light and stay lit
to remind you that the airbag is off.
See Passenger Airbag Status
Indicator on page 4-14.
If a child restraint has been installed
and the on indicator is lit, turn the
vehicle off. Remove the child
restraint from the vehicle and
reinstall the child restraint following
the child restraint manufacturer’s
directions and refer to Securing Child
Restraints (Rear Seat) on page 1-46
or Securing Child Restraints (Right
Front Seat) on page 1-48.
If, after reinstalling the child restraint
and restarting the vehicle, the on
indicator is still lit, check to make
sure that the vehicle’s seatback is
not pressing the child restraint into
the seat cushion. If this happens,
slightly recline the vehicle’s seatback
and adjust the seat cushion if
possible. Also make sure the child
restraint is not trapped under the
Seats and Restraints 1-27
2008 - Pontiac G8 Owner Manual