The "airbag on" indicator light on the dash in front of the passenger seat is lit whenever an adult (haven't driven with a child yet) is in the seat. Is there a way to turn this light off? My passenger (wife) finds the light obnoxious to have to look at, and I can't blame her. The customization section of the user manual doesn't seem to address this. Thanks.
Unfortunately, if there is a child or other thing of less-than-adult weight in the front seat (for me, it's often a grocery bag), it is lit, too! It says "Airbag OFF." I think it's kind of annoying, too. Maybe I should make all passengers sit in the back and I can pretend I'm a chauffeur. For the record, I think the whole light for an airbag thing is weird, period. Why can't the car just have airbags and we'll assume they will work in the event we need them? (Knock on wood.) I've never had another car that had airbag lights, but this is my first Asian car, so maybe it's more common than I know?
I guess it's a glass half empty, half full thing... You're looking at it wrong. Don't think of it as an annoyance or distraction, rather look at it as assurance that the sensor in the seat is functioning properly and has turned on the airbag for an adult, or off for a child or other lighter object. SCH-I535
Huh. I don't think any of my family's German cars have had it, but maybe I just didn't notice it as much as I do on the Prius? (99 New Beetle, 04 Golf, 06 A4, 07 Eos)
I expect that it is a lawyer thing. If you have an infant seat or child in the front, you really DON'T want the airbag on, since it can cause real injury to the infant or child if it deploys. Thus the "head's up" about the status of the airbag.
That's true, but don't car seats go in the back for that very reason?* Are the curtain airbags also on sensors? *Legitimate question, I don't have kids so I have no idea where car seats go these days!
Yes, that will probably be the solution, or something similar, kept in the glove box and ready for that particular passenger who doesn't wish to have the indicator on right in her face. If the location weren't so up front and center it would probably not be an issue. And now that she's called it to my attention I notice it too, peripherally!
They *should* go in the back seat. They actually go wherever the consumer puts them and therein is the problem....
Interestingly, I have an Infiniti and it's air bag light functions the opposite -- it only lights up IF the airbag is deactivated, not when it is ON. To me, that makes more sense.
On the PiP, there is both an Activated and Deactivated air bag indicator light. One or the other is on if weight is detected in the passenger seat.
