Table of Contents Cadillac Escalade - IFS Europe BV

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Seats and Restraints
When you start the vehicle, the
system will perform a self-check.
The air bag "on" and "off"
indicators will appear briefly in
the passenger sensing system
status bar (located on the
overhead console).
When the system self-check is
complete, one of the indicators
will stay on to indicate whether the
right front passenger's frontal air
bag is on or off.
Sensors in the right front passenger
seat and safety belt detect
the presence of an occupant to
determine if the passenger’s
frontal air bag should be on or off.
The passenger sensing system
will turn off the passenger frontal
air bag under the following
conditions:
• The right front passenger seat
has no weight placed on it for
a period of time or is unoccupied.
• The system detects an infant in
a child restraint.
It is important to note that
for some children, including
children in child restraints, and
for very small adults, the
system may or may not turn off
the air bag, depending upon
the person's seating posture
and body build.
Everyone in your vehicle who
has outgrown child restraints
should wear a safety belt
properly, whether or not there
is an air bag for that person.
The passenger air bag is also
turned off if there is a critical
problem with the frontal air bag
system or with the passenger
sensing system.
The "off" indicator will stay on if
the right front passenger's air bag
is deactivated.
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