2004 Ford F150 Owner Guide 5th Printing - Page 127

Seating and Safety Restraints • The front passenger seat is unoccupied. • The system determines that a small child is present in a rear-facing child seat that is properly installed according to the manufacturer's instructions. (The system may not automatically turn the airbag OFF if a child seat is attached to the LATCH anchors on the front passenger seat of the Regular Cab, therefore turn the airbag OFF with the manual Airbag On/Off switch.) • The system determines that a small child is present in a forward-facing child restraint that is properly installed according to the manufacturer's instructions. (The system may not automatically turn the airbag OFF if a child seat is attached to the LATCH anchors on the front passenger seat of the Regular Cab, therefore turn the airbag OFF with the manual Airbag On/Off switch.) • The system determines that a small child is present in a booster seat. (The system may not automatically turn the airbag OFF if a booster is attached to the LATCH anchors on the front passenger seat of the Regular Cab, therefore turn the airbag OFF with the manual Airbag On/Off switch.) • A front passenger takes his/her weight off of the seat for a period of time. Even with the front passenger sensing system, children 12 and under should be properly restrained in the back seat. When you install a child seat on the front passenger seat of a Regular Cab, turn the Passenger Airbag On/Off switch to OFF. When the front passenger seat is occupied and the sensing system has turned off the passenger's frontal air bag, the Љpassenger air bag offЉ or Љpass air bag offЉ indicator will light and stay lit to remind you that the front passenger frontal air bag is off. When the front passenger seat is not occupied (empty seat) or in the event that the front passenger frontal air bag is enabled (may inflate), the indicator light will be unlit. The indicator light is located in the center stack of the instrument panel just above the radio. To confirm that the indicator light is functional, it will momentarily illuminate when the ignition is turned to the ON postion. The front passenger sensing system is designed to turn off the front passenger's frontal air bag when a rear facing child seat, a forward-facing 127 2004 F150 (f12) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA English (fus)