Major Safety Issue with my 2010 Prius

She needs to gain some weight.

The sensor will disable if there is not enough weight to justify the bag going off (children usually).

 

Did you marry Angela from the Office..wait, Dwight, is that you?? ;-)

There must be a simple fix - have you checked the owner's manual? My passenger seatbelt alert will annoy me when my work bag is too heavy. Just weighed it, it's only 6 pounds, so if it were really heavy, it might reach 10 pounds, and my passenger light comes on, and the airbag is also activated. It's been happening so frequently I just leave the passenger seatbelt perpetually buckled.

In other news, I'm visiting Duluth in a couple days! Any good restaurants I should know about?

 

Maybe you should take the car to the dealer for service - just a thought

Funny how people make crazy titles for basic issues.........

 

I'd like to thank the op for posting this, as it is something of interest to me, whether or not I have the same occurrence.

Also, I would have the dealer check this out ASAP under the basic warranty.

 

I'm going to conduct the DSSO as part of a conducting workshop...you know what, really should be studying the music instead of Priuschatting.

Restaurants: Anything near UMD is best, and I would say I'm a fan of anything spicy/ethnic/Thai/Indian/Ethiopan, etc. Or traditional German parlors, I assume they're the norm out in the midwest

 

"Here, Honey. Wear this 20lb backpack...."

 

Considering the OPs' first post mentions..

Later....

If I get time ???? If the little woman finds that out, you had better duck!

How about ASAP, tomorrow morning would be a good.
You know what's at stake here,.
Don't dwaddle, hopefuly it's just a bad seat switch.
Should be a warranty non-issue.

Flasback moment...sorry
I spent what seems like a month Duluth one weekend, It was a cheerful -22 actual, I kept telling the Band I worked with mxing sound, hey, drop the last set, we all want to go back to where it's warm. When we finally got back to Madison that Sunday night late, it was like Tee shirt weather again...+28

Wonder what ever motivated me to relocate to Los Angeles???

 

The following is in the manual:

"The system judges a person of adult size as an adult. When a
smaller adult sits in the front passenger seat, the system may rec-
ognize him/her as a child depending on his/her physique and pos-
ture."

Looks like it's designed not to go off because of her size for her safety.

 

if the seat occupant is small (size and/or weight) it can be dangerous for them if the airbag deploys. For this reason children should never sit in the front seat - and its why the sensor deactivates it if enough weight isnt registered.

 

Really strange. why don't you attach a picture of the light, hey?

 

You might have more to worry about if you have to tell the wife to sit in the back

 

Also from the manual

"

If an adult sits in the front passenger seat, the “AIR BAG ON” indicator
light is illuminated. If the “AIR BAG OFF” indicator light is illuminated, ask
the passenger to sit up straight, well back in the seat, feet on the floor, and
with the seat belt worn correctly. If the “AIR BAG OFF” indicator light still
remain illuminated, either ask the passenger to move to the rear seat, or if​

that is not possible, move the front passenger seat fully rearward."

It also states as long as someone is in the seat even with the airbag off light on that the side airbags and seatbelt tensioner are still active.