NISSAN recommends that pre-teens and chil-
dren be properly restrained in a rear seat.
NISSANalso recommendsthat appropriatechild
restraints andbooster seats be properlyinstalled
in a rear seat. If thisis not possible, the occupant
classification sensor is designed to operate as
described above to turn the front passenger air
bag OFFfor specifiedchild restraintsas required
by the regulations. Failing to properly secure
child restraints and to use the ALR mode (child
restraint mode) may allow the restraint to tip or
move in an accident or sudden stop. This can
also result in the passenger air bag inflating in a
crash instead of being OFF. See “Child re-
straints”earlier in this section for proper use and
installation.
If the front passenger seat is not occupied, the
passenger air bag is designed not to inflate in a
crash. However, heavy objects placed on the
seat could result in air bag inflation, because of
the object being detected by the occupant clas-
sification sensor. Other conditions could also
result in air bag inflation, such as if a child is
standing on the seat, orif two children are on the
seat, contrary to the instructions in this manual.
Alwaysbesurethat youandallvehicle occupants
are seated and restrained properly.
Using the passenger air bagstatus light, you can
monitor when the front passenger air bag is au-
tomatically turned OFF with the seat occupied.
The light will not illuminate when the front pas-
senger seat is unoccupied.
If anadult occupantis inthe seat butthe passen-
ger air bag status light is illuminated (indicating
that the air bag is OFF), it could be that the
personis asmall adult,or isnot sittingon theseat
properly.
If a child restraint must be used in the front seat,
the passengerair bag statuslight may ormay not
be illuminated, dependingon the size of the child
andthetypeof childrestraintbeingused. Iftheair
bag status light is not illuminated (indicating that
the air bag might inflate in a crash), it could be
that the child restraint or seat belt is not being
usedproperly.Make surethatthechildrestraintis
installed properly, the seat belt is used properly
and the occupant is positionedproperly. If theair
bag status light is not illuminated, reposition the
occupant or child restraint in a rear seat.
If the passenger air bag status light will not illu-
minate even though you believe that the child
restraint, the seat belts and the occupant are
properly positioned, the system may be sensing
an unoccupied seat (in which case the air bag is
OFF). Your NISSAN dealer can check that the
system is OFF by using a special tool. However,
until you have confirmed with your dealer that
your air bag is working properly, reposition the
occupant or child restraint in a rear seat.
The air bag system and passenger air bag status
light will take a few seconds to register a change
in thepassenger seatstatus. However,if theseat
becomes unoccupied,the air bag statuslight will
remain off.
If a malfunction occurs in the front passenger air
bag system, the supplemental air bag warning
light
, located inthe meter and gauges area
in the center of the instrument panel, will blink.
Have the system checked by a NISSAN dealer.
Other supplemental front-impact air bag
precautions
WARNING
● Do not place any objects on the steer-
ing wheel pad or on the instrument
panel. Also, do not place any objects
between any occupant and the steering
wheel or instrument panel. Such ob-
jects may become dangerous projec-
tiles and cause injury if the front air
bags inflate.
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