Nissan Sentra VI 6 owners manual page 66

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tions is on the seat, its weight and the child’sseated and wearing the seat belt properly for theUsingthepassengerairbagstatuslight,youcan weight can be detected and cause the air bag tomost effective protection by the seat belt andmonitor when the front passenger air bag is au- turn OFF. Occupant classification sensor opera-supplemental air bag.tomatically turned OFF with the seat occupied. tion can vary depending on the front passengerNISSAN recommends that pre-teens and chil-The light will not illuminate when the front pas- seat belt sensors. dren be properly restrained in a rear seat.senger seat is unoccupied. The front passenger seat belt sensors are de-NISSANalsorecommendsthatappropriatechildIf an adult occupant is in the seat but the passen- signedtodetectiftheseatbeltisbuckledandtherestraints and booster seats be properly installedger air bag status light is illuminated (indicating amountoftensionontheseatbelt,suchaswhenin a rear seat. If this is not possible, the occupantthat the air bag is OFF), it could be that the it is in the Automatic Locking Retractor (ALR)classification sensor and seat belt sensors arepersonisasmalladult,orisnotsittingontheseat mode (child restraint mode). Based on thedesigned to operate as described above to turnproperly or not using the seat belt properly. weight on the seat detected by the occupantthe front passenger air bag OFF for specifiedIf a child restraint must be used in the front seat, classification sensor and the belt tension de-child restraints as required by the regulations.thepassengerairbagstatuslightmayormaynot tected on the seat belt, the Advanced Air BagFailing to properly secure child restraints and tobeilluminated, depending on the size of the child System determines whether the front passengeruse the ALR mode (child restraint mode) may air bag should be automatically turned OFF asallowtherestrainttotipormoveinanaccidentorandthetypeofchildrestraintbeingused.Iftheair required by the regulations.sudden stop. This can also result in the passen-bagstatus light is not illuminated (indicating that ger air bag inflating in a crash instead of beingthe air bag might inflate in a crash), it could be Front passenger seat adult occupants who areOFF. See “Child restraints”earlier in this sectionthat the child restraint or seat belt is not being properly seated and using the seat belt as out-for proper use and installation.usedproperly.Makesurethatthechildrestraintis lined in this manual should not causethepassen-If the front passenger seat is not occupied theinstalled properly, the seat belt is used properly ger air bag to be automatically turned OFF. Forpassenger air bag is designed not to inflate in aandtheoccupantispositionedproperly.Iftheair small adults it may be turned OFF, however if thecrash. However, heavy objects placed on thebag status light is not illuminated, reposition the occupant takes his/her weight off the seat cush-seat could result in air bag inflation, because ofoccupant or child restraint in a rear seat. ion (for example, by not sitting upright, by sittingthe object’s weight detected by the occupantIf the passenger air bag status light will not illu- onanedgeoftheseat,orbyotherwisebeingoutclassificationsensor.Otherconditionscouldalsominate even though you believe that the child of position), this could cause the sensor to turnresult in air bag inflation, such as if a child isrestraint, the seat belts and the occupant are the air bag OFF. In addition, if the occupantstanding on the seat, or if two children are on theproperly positioned, the system may be sensing improperly uses the seat belt in the ALR modeseat, contrary to the instructions in this manual.an unoccupied seat (in which case the air bag is (child restraint mode), this could cause the airAlwaysbesurethatyouandallvehicleoccupantsOFF). Your NISSAN dealer can check that the bag to be turned OFF. Always be sure to beare seated and restrained properly.system is OFF by using a special tool. However, 1-50 Safety—Seats, seat belts and supplemental restraint system REVIEWCOPY—2009Sentra (sen) Owners Manual—USA_English (nna) 10/23/08—debbie

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