Question on AIRBAG ON/OFF light.
#1
Question on AIRBAG ON/OFF light.
Everytime that i have a passenger in the car "Airbag ON" appears next to the passenger seatbelt warning light on the right side of the clock in the center console. At times while driving though during the ride, i would look down and see the "Airbag ON" turn to "Airbag off"
I tried to trace the steps to see if i or the passenger did anything like maybe press a button by accident when i see airbag off but nothing out of the ordinary. This is sporadic by the way... or maybe all the time and i just don't notice it as often.
Something wrong with my car?
Am i the only one that noticed this since there hasn't been a thread up on it?
any help would be appreciated.
I tried to trace the steps to see if i or the passenger did anything like maybe press a button by accident when i see airbag off but nothing out of the ordinary. This is sporadic by the way... or maybe all the time and i just don't notice it as often.
Something wrong with my car?
Am i the only one that noticed this since there hasn't been a thread up on it?
any help would be appreciated.
#5
hmmm.. i guess this was a new feature added on the 07 IS.. i dont think my 06 has an airbag light..
but i could try and ask my next passenger to shift their weight here and there to test this theory but the sensors still know that there is a passenger due to the fact that when there isn't one all of the lights are off....therefore this would lead into a safety issue...whether they shifted their weight or not there presence in the car should leave the airbag on shouldn't it? would hate to know that IF i did get in an accident during one of the sporadic times that the airbag decides to swtich to off....my passenger would not be safe...
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#8
I think it depends on your passenger's weight. Haven't noticed it yet to my IS but in my wife's RX when an adult is seated next to me the warning says "airbag on" but the warning says "airbag off" when my then 70 lb son was in the front. If I don't have a passenger there is no airbag warning. The airbag is off if you have a front passenger weighing less than 80 lbs. My son is 85lbs now and the warning is "on".
#9
it senses the person's position in the seat and disables the airbag. Lean up on one butt cheek and turn to the side...it will switch to off.
I think it depends on your passenger's weight. Haven't noticed it yet to my IS but in my wife's RX when an adult is seated next to me the warning says "airbag on" but the warning says "airbag off" when my then 70 lb son was in the front. If I don't have a passenger there is no airbag warning. The airbag is off if you have a front passenger weighing less than 80 lbs. My son is 85lbs now and the warning is "on".
the other night a lady friend did shift her weight towards me a little so maybe that's what set it off that time...
oh well, as long as there's nothing wrong with my car and other people notice the same thing in their lexus' than i'm not too worried about it anymore...
problem solved thanks. i do appreciate it
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