2004 Ford Freestar Owner's Manual - Page 150

Seating and Safety Restraints • the front passenger seat is unoccupied, • an infant or small child weighing less than 50 pounds (23 kg) is in the front seat, either in a child restraint, in a booster seat, or sitting directly on the vehicle seat, • a front passenger takes his/her weight off the seat for a period of time For larger children and very small adults, the passenger sensing system may leave the air bag system enabled, or turn it OFF. The occupant's seating position may determine whether or not the air bag is enabled. Even with the front passenger sensing system, children 12 and under should be properly restrained in the back seat. When the front passenger seat is occupied and the sensing system has turned off the passenger's frontal air bag, the passenger airbag off or pass airbag off 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 to the right of the radio. The front passenger sensing system is designed to turn off the front passenger's frontal air bag when a rear facing infant seat, a forward-facing child restraint, or a booster seat is detected. If the child restraint has been installed and the indicator is not lit, then turn the vehicle off, remove the child restraint from the vehicle and reinstall the restraint following the child restraint manufacturer's directions. The front passenger sensing system is designed to enable (may inflate) the right front passenger's frontal air bag anytime the system senses that a person of adult size is sitting properly in the front passenger seat. When the passenger sensing system has allowed the air bag to be enabled, the indicator will be unlit and stay unlit to remind you that the air bag is enabled (may inflate). If a person of adult-size is sitting in the front passenger's seat, but the passenger air bag off or pass air bag off indicator is lit, it could be 150 2004 Freestar (win) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA English (fus)