Jaguar SEMCON JLR XJ - Manual (Page 38)

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(FM8) SEMCON JLR OWNER GUIDE VER 1.00 NAS
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Occupant safety
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The front passenger air bag is designed to
provide supplementary protection to full sized
adult occupants that are correctly seated and
belted.
Even with advanced air bags, children can be
seriously injured or killed. Never place a
child in any type of child restraint or booster
seat in the front passenger seat. Children
under the age of 13 should always ride in the
rear.
Deployment of the front passenger air bag is
not always beneficial for small/lower weight
occupants and could be harmful to
children/infants in restraint systems. Jaguar
vehicles are fitted with a sensing system
(conforming to FMVSS 208) that automatically
detects when deployment of the front
passenger air bag would be unnecessary or
potentially harmful. If the seat is occupied by a
lower weight adult and air bag deployment is
judged by the system to be unnecessary, the
passenger air bag will be deactivated and the
PASS. AIR BAG OFF symbol on the overhead
console will be illuminated. An occupant
weighing approximately 100 lbs (45.4 kg) is
classified as a lower weight occupant,
although, at this weight, with occupant
movements and vehicle motion, the air bag
activation/deactivation should be expected to
switch states occasionally. This is not
necessarily indicative of a system fault.
AIR BAG DEACTIVATION INDICATOR
Whenever the air bag deactivation indicator is
illuminated, the front passenger air bag will not
be deployed in the event of an impact.
Note: The air bag deactivation indicator will
illuminate for approximately six seconds as a
bulb check when the ignition is switched on.
AIR BAG SERVICE INFORMATION
Do not attempt to service, repair, replace,
modify, or tamper with, any part of the SRS.
This includes wiring or components in the
vicinity of SRS components. Doing so may
cause the system to trigger or render the
system inoperative, either of which may
result in serious injury or death.