Passenger Sensing SystemIf your rearview mirror has one of the indicators picturedin the following illustrations, your vehicle has a passengersensing system. The indicator will be visible when youturn your ignition key to START or RUN. The words ONand OFF or the symbol for on and off, will be visible onthe rearview mirror during the system check. When thesystem check is complete, either the word ON or the wordOFF, or the symbol for on or the symbol for off will bevisible. See Passenger Air Bag Status Indicator onpage 3-34. If your rearview mirror does not have either ofthe indicators pictured, then your vehicle does not havethe passenger sensing system.The passenger sensing system will turn off the rightfront passenger’s frontal air bag under certainconditions. The driver’s air bag and the side air bagsare not part of the passenger sensing system.The passenger sensing system works with sensors thatare part of the right front passenger’s seat and safetybelt. The sensors are designed to detect the presence ofa properly-seated occupant and determine if thepassenger’s frontal air bag should be enabled (mayinflate) or not.Accident statistics show that children are safer if theyare restrained in the rear rather than the front seat.General Motors recommends that child restraintsbe secured in a rear seat, including an infant riding in arear-facing infant seat, a child riding in a forward-facingchild seat and an older child riding in a booster seat.Passenger Air Bag Status Indicator – United StatesPassenger Air BagStatus Indicator– Canada1-82