Saab 2007 owner manual Passenger Sensing System, Passenger Airbag Status Indicator

Passenger Sensing System

Vehicles with a passenger sensing system have indicator LEDs on the fascia. The indi- cators will be lit during the system check when you turn your ignition key to ST or ON. When the system check is complete, either the ON or the OFF LED, will be lit. See AIRBAG warning light on page 61.

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The passenger sensing system will turn off the right front passenger’s frontal airbag and side airbag under certain conditions.

The driver’s airbags is not part of the pas- senger sensing system.

The passenger sensing system works with sensors that are part of the right front pas- senger’s seat and safety belt. The sensors are designed to detect the presence of a properly-seated occupant and determine if

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Passenger Airbag Status Indicator.

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Passenger Airbag Status Indicator, Canada

the passenger’s frontal airbag should be enabled (may inflate) or not.

Accident statistics show that children are safer if they are restrained in the rear rather than the front seat.

Saab recommends that child restraints be secured in a rear seat, including an infant riding in a rear-facing infant seat, a child riding in a forward-facing child seat and an older child riding in a booster seat.

Your vehicle has a rear seat that will accom- modate a rear-facing child restraint. A label on your sun visor says, “Never put a rear-facing child seat in the front.” This is because the risk to the rear-facing child is so great, if the airbag deploys.