2007 Suzuki Aerio Owner's Manual - Page 50

BEFORE DRIVING • The occupant of the front passenger seat is an infant or small child in a child restraint system or a small child in a booster seat. • A smaller person, such as a child who has outgrown child restraints or a very small adolescent is seated in the front passenger seat. NOTE: If the front passenger seat is unoccupied, the "PASS AIRBAG OFF" indicator will not come on but the front passenger's front air bag will not deploy. 65D607 According to accident statistics, children are safer when properly restrained in rear seating positions than in front seating positions. Whenever possible, SUZUKI recommends you install child restraints in the rear seat. The front passenger sensing system is designed to enable the front passenger's front air bag when the system senses a properly-seated adult in the front passenger's seat. When the passenger sensing system has allowed the front air bag to be enabled, the "PASS AIRBAG OFF" indicator will remain off to remind you that the air bag is active. If a person of adult size is sitting in the front passenger's seat and the "PASS AIRBAG OFF" indicator comes on, it could be because that person isn't sitting properly in the seat. If this happens, unfasten the seat belt, sit upright in the center of the seat with the seatback nearly vertical and your legs outstretched, and refasten the seat belt. If you have secured a child in the front passenger seat in a forward-facing child restraint system or booster seat and the "PASS AIRBAG OFF" indicator light is not on, turn the vehicle off, remove the child restraint or booster seat from the vehicle and reinstall it following the child restraint or booster seat manufacturer's directions. Refer to "Seat Belts and Child Restraint Systems" in this section. If you have reinstalled the child restraint or booster seat and restarted the vehicle, and the "PASS AIRBAG OFF" indicator is still not on, secure the child in the child restraint or booster seat in a rear seat position in the vehicle and check with your dealer. WARNING Do not install a rear-facing child restraint in the front passenger's seat. If the passenger's air bag inflates, a child in a rear-facing child restraint could be seriously injured. The back of a rear-facing child restraint would be too close to the inflating air bag. 2-37