BEFORE DRIVING
When the ignition switch is turned to the
NOTE:
“ON” position, the “PASS AIR BAG OFF”
If the front passenger seat is unoccupied,
indicator comes on for several seconds to
the “PASS AIR BAG OFF” indicator will not
let you know the system is working. When
come on but the front passenger’s front air
the front passenger sensing system has
bag will not deploy and the seat belt pre-
turned off the front passenger’s front air
tensioner will not operate.
bag including the seat belt pretensioner,
the “PASS AIR BAG OFF” indicator will
If you have secured a child in the front pas-
come on and stay on to remind you that
senger seat in a forward-facing child
the front passenger’s front air bag is off.
restraint system or booster seat and the
“PASS AIR BAG OFF” indicator light is not
The front passenger sensing system uses
on, turn the vehicle off, remove the child
front seat pressure measurements and
restraint or booster seat from the vehicle
pressure locations to determine whether to
and reinstall it following the child restraint
activate or deactivate the front passenger’s
or booster seat manufacturer’s directions.
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front air bag. The front passenger sensing
Also refer to
“Seat Belts and Child
system may or may not turn off the front air
Restraint Systems” in this section. If, after
bag, depending on the front passenger’s
WARNING
reinstalling the child restraint and restart-
seating posture and body build. The air
ing the vehicle, the “PASS AIR BAG OFF”
Do not install a rear-facing child
bag should be turned off in the following
indicator is still not lit, check to make sure
restraint in the front passenger’s
situations:
that the vehicle’s seatback is not pressing
seat. If the passenger’s front air bag
• There is no occupant in the front pas-
the child restraint into the seat cushion. If
inflates, a child in a rear-facing child
senger seat.
this happens, slightly recline the vehicle’s
restraint could be seriously injured.
• The occupant of the front passenger
seatback and adjust the seat cushion if
The back of a rear-facing child
seat lifts his or her weight off of the seat
possible. Also make sure the child restraint
restraint would be too close to the
for a period of time.
is not trapped under the vehicle head
inflating air bag.
• The occupant of the front passenger
restraint. If this happens, adjust the head
seat is an infant or small child in a child
restraint. If the “PASS AIR BAG OFF” indi-
According to accident statistics, children
restraint system or a small child in a
cator is still not on, secure the child in the
are safer when properly restrained in rear
booster seat.
child restraint or booster seat in a rear seat
seating positions than in front seating posi-
• A smaller person, such as a child who
position in the vehicle and check with your
tions. Whenever possible, SUZUKI recom-
has outgrown child restraints or a very
dealer.
mends you install child restraints in the
small adolescent is seated in the front
rear seat.
passenger seat.
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BEFORE DRIVING
The front passenger sensing system is
designed to enable the front passenger’s
WARNING
front air bag when the system senses a
The front passenger sensing system
properly-seated adult in the front passen-
may not work properly in the follow-
ger’s seat. When the passenger sensing
ing situations:
system has allowed the air bag to be
• The occupant is sitting near the
enabled, the “PASS AIR BAG OFF” indica-
dashboard or is not sitting in the
tor will remain off to remind you that the air
proper position.
bag is active.
• Objects placed under the seat are
If a person of adult size is sitting in the
pushing up on the seat cushion.
front passenger’s seat and the “PASS AIR
BAG OFF” indicator comes on, it could be
because that person isn’t sitting properly in
WARNING
the seat. If this happens, unfasten the seat
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If the “PASS AIR BAG OFF” indicator
belts, sit upright in the center of the seat
on the instrument panel turns on
with the seatback nearly vertical and your
When seated as shown in the above illus-
even though there is no occupant or
legs outstretched, and refasten the seat
tration, the front passenger sensing sys-
an adult occupant in the front pas-
belt.
tem senses a properly-seated occupant
senger’s seat, it means that some-
and enables the air bag.
thing may be wrong with the
When using a seat belt extender, follow the
passenger sensing system. Have the
instructions in the
“Seat Belt Extender”
system inspected by an authorized
section.
SUZUKI dealer as soon as possible.
WARNING
Do not place any heavy objects on
the front passenger’s seat. The pres-
sure sensors in the sensor mat could
be damaged and the front passenger
sensing system may not work prop-
erly.
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BEFORE DRIVING
How the System Works
Air bags must inflate quickly and forcefully
WARNING
In a frontal collision, the crash sensors will
in order to reduce the chance of serious or
detect rapid deceleration and send a signal
fatal injuries. However, an unavoidable
•
Do not spill any liquids on the seat.
to the controller. If the controller judges
consequence of the quick inflation is that
Liquids can damage the sensors
that the deceleration represents a severe
the air bag may irritate bare skin, such as
under the front seat.
frontal crash, the controller will trigger the
the facial area against a front air bag. Also,
•
Have the driver’s seat position sen-
inflators. The controller also judges:
upon inflation, a loud noise will occur and
sor and the front passenger’s sen-
• Whether the front air bags should deploy
some powder and smoke will be released.
sor mat inspected by your dealer
at reduced power or at full power accord-
These conditions are not harmful and do
after a collision.
ing to crash severity.
not indicate a fire in the car. Be aware,
•
Do not replace the front seats. If
• Whether the air bags should deploy at
however, that some air bag components
you replace them, the air bags and
reduced power or at full power according
may be hot for a while after inflation.
front passenger sensing system
to crash severity, driver’s seat fore/aft
may not work properly.
A seat belt helps keep you in the proper
position and whether or not the front
•
Do not use a seat cover. If you use
position for maximum protection when an
passenger’s seat belt is fastened.
a seat cover, the front passenger
air bag inflates. Adjust your seat as far
• Whether the front passenger’s front air
sensing system may not work prop-
back as possible while still maintaining
bag should deploy or not based on clas-
erly.
control of the vehicle. Sit fully back in your
sification of the occupant of the front
seat; sit up straight; do not lean over the
passenger’s seat.
steering wheel or dashboard. Front occu-
Since your vehicle is equipped with side air
pants should not lean on or sleep against
bags, and side curtain air bags, crash sen-
the door. Please refer to the “Seat Adjust-
sors will detect a side collision, and if the
ment” section and the
“Seat Belts and
controller judges that the side collision is
Child Restraint Systems” section in the
severe enough, it will trigger the side air
“BEFORE DRIVING” section for details on
bag and side curtain air bag inflators.
proper seat and seat belt adjustments.
The inflators inflate the appropriate air
bags with nitrogen or argon gas. The
inflated air bags provide a cushion for your
head (front air bags and side curtain air
bags only) and upper body. The air bag
inflates and deflates so quickly that you
may not even realize that it has activated.
The air bag will neither hinder your view
nor make it harder to exit the vehicle.
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BEFORE DRIVING
Note that even though your vehicle may be
WARNING
moderately damaged in a collision, the col-
lision may not have been severe enough to
•
The driver should not lean over the
trigger the front, side, or side curtain air
steering wheel. The front passen-
bags to inflate. If your car sustains ANY
ger should not rest his or her body
front-end or side damage, have the air bag
against the dashboard, or other-
system inspected by an authorized
wise get too close to the dash-
SUZUKI dealer to ensure it is in proper
board. For vehicles with side air
working order.
bags and side curtain air bags,
occupants should not lean on or
Your vehicle is equipped with a diagnostic
sleep against the door. In these sit-
module which records information about
uations, the out-of-position occu-
the air bag system if the air bags deploy in
pant would be too close to an
a crash. The module records information
inflating air bag, and may suffer
about overall system status, which sensors
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severe injury.
activated the deployment, and whether the
•
Do not attach any objects to, or
front seat belts were in use.
place any objects over, the steering
wheel or dashboard. Do not place
any objects between the air bag
and the driver or front passenger.
These objects may interfere with air
bag operation or may be propelled
by the air bag in the event of a
crash. Either of these conditions
may cause severe injury.
•
For vehicles with side air bags, do
not place seat covers on the front
seats, because seat covers could
restrict the air bag’s inflation. Also,
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do not place any cup holders or
other objects on the door, as these
objects could be propelled by the
air bag in the event of a crash.
Either of these conditions may
cause severe injury.
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