In many crashes severe enough to inflate the airbag,windshields are broken by vehicle deformation.Additional windshield breakage may also occur from theright front passenger airbag.• Airbags are designed to inflate only once. After anairbag inflates, you will need some new parts foryour airbag system. If you do not get them,the airbag system will not be there to help protectyou in another crash. A new system will includeairbag modules and possibly other parts. Theservice manual for your vehicle covers the need toreplace other parts.• Your vehicle is equipped with a crash sensing anddiagnostic module which records information aftera crash. See Vehicle Data Collection and EventData Recorders on page 7-10.• Let only qualified technicians work on your airbagsystem. Improper service can mean that anairbag system will not work properly. See yourdealer for service.Passenger Sensing SystemYour vehicle has a passenger sensing system for theright front passenger position. The passenger airbagstatus indicator will be visible when you turn your ignitionkey to ON or START. The words ON and OFF or thesymbol for on and off, will be visible on the rearviewmirror during the system check. When the system checkis complete, either the word ON or the word OFF, orthe symbol for on or the symbol for off will be visible.See Passenger Airbag Status Indicator on page 3-35.Passenger Airbag Status Indicator – United StatesPassenger Airbag Status Indicator – Canada1-60
