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improperly seated or restrained in the front passenger seat contrary to

proper child-seating or restraint usage recommendations. Even with this

technology, parents are STRONGLY encouraged to always properly

restrain children in the rear seat. The sensor also turns off the air bag

when the passenger seat is empty to prevent unnecessary replacement of

the air bag(s) after a collision.

When the front passenger seat is occupied and the sensing system has

turned off the passenger’s frontal air bag, the “pass air bag off” indicator

will light and stay lit to remind you that the front passenger frontal air

bag is off. See Front passenger sensing system in the airbags section of

this chapter.

Front safety belt usage sensors

The front safety belt usage sensors detect whether or not the driver and

front outboard passenger safety belts are fastened. This information

allows your Personal Safety System to tailor the air bag deployment and

safety belt pretensioner activation depending upon safety belt usage.

Refer to Safety Belt section in this chapter.

Front safety belt pretensioners

The safety belt pretensioners are designed to tighten the safety belts

firmly against the occupant’s body during a collision. This maximizes the

effectiveness of the safety belts and helps properly position the occupant

relative to the air bag to improve protection. The safety belt

pretensioners can be either activated alone or, if the collision is of

sufficient severity, together with the air bags.

Front safety belt energy management retractors

The front safety belt energy management retractors allow webbing to be

pulled out of the retractor in a gradual and controlled manner in

response to the occupant’s forward momentum. This helps reduce the

risk of force-related injuries to the occupant’s chest by limiting the load

on the occupant. Refer to Safety Belt section in this chapter.

Determining if the Personal Safety System is operational

The Personal Safety System uses a warning light in the instrument

cluster or a back-up tone to indicate the condition of the system. Refer

to the Warning Light section in the Instrument Cluster chapter.

Routine maintenance of the Personal Safety System is not required.

The Restraints Control Module (RCM) monitors its own internal circuits

and the circuits for the air bag supplemental restraints, crash sensor(s),

safety belt pretensioners, front safety belt buckle sensors, and the driver

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