Regular Cab Models and Extended Cab Models without Rear Seats
United States
Canada
If your vehicle is a regular cab model or an extended cab model without rear
seats, it has a switch on the instrument panel that you can use to turn off the right
front passenger's frontal airbag.
This switch should only be turned to the off position if the person in the right
front passenger's position is a member of a passenger risk group identified by the
national government as follows:
Infant. An infant (less than 1 year old) must ride in the front seat
because:
| • | my vehicle has no rear seat; |
| • | my vehicle has a rear seat too small to accommodate
a rear-facing infant seat; or |
| • | the infant has a medical condition which, according
to the infant's physician, makes it necessary for the infant to ride in the front
seat so that the driver can constantly monitor the child's condition. |
Child age 1 to 12. A child age 1 to 12 must ride in the front seat because:
| • | my vehicle has no rear seat; |
| • | although children ages 1 to 12 ride in the rear seat(s)
whenever possible, children ages 1 to 12 sometimes must ride in the front because
no space is available in the rear seat(s) of my vehicle; or |
| • | the child has a medical condition which, according
to the child's physician, makes it necessary for the child to ride in
the front seat so that the driver can constantly monitor the child's condition. |
Medical Condition. A passenger has a medical condition which, according to
his or her physician:
| • | causes the passenger airbag to pose a special risk
for the passenger; and |
| • | makes the potential harm from the passenger airbag
in a crash greater than the potential harm from turning off the airbag and allowing
the passenger, even if belted, to hit the dashboard or windshield in a crash. |
Caution: If the right front passenger's frontal airbag is turned
off for a person who is not in a risk group identified by the national government,
that person will not have the extra protection of an airbag. In a crash, the airbag
would not be able to inflate and help protect the person sitting there. Do not turn
off the passenger's frontal airbag unless the person sitting there is in a risk group.
United States
Canada
To turn off the right front passenger's frontal airbag, insert your ignition
key into the switch, push in, and move the switch to the off position.
The airbag off light will come on to let you know that the right front passenger's
frontal airbag is off. The light will stay on to remind you that the airbag is off.
The right front passenger's frontal airbag will remain off until you turn it back
on.
Caution: If the airbag readiness light ever comes on when you have
turned off the airbag, it means that something may be wrong with the airbag system.
The right front passenger's frontal airbag could inflate even though the
switch is off. If this ever happens, do not let anyone whom the national government
has identified as a member of a passenger airbag risk group sit in the right front
passenger's position (for example, do not secure a rear-facing child restraint in
the right front passenger's seat) until you have your vehicle serviced.
United States
Canada
To turn on the right front passenger's frontal airbag, insert your ignition
key into the switch, push in, and move the switch to the on position.
