2006 Lexus ES330 deactivate passenger airbag

OCCUPANT RESTRAINT SYSTEM
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FRONT PASSENGER OCCUPANTCLASSIFICATION SYSTEM
Your vehicle is equipped with a front passenger occupant
classification system. This system detects the conditions
1 — 4 in the table shown below, and based on these
conditions activates or deactivates the following
systems;
 Front passenger airbag
 Side airbag on the front passenger seat
 Front passenger’s seat belt pretensioner
The system monitors the weight and load on the front
passenger seat, and the seat belt buckle switch in
determining conditions correctly, do not do any of the
following:
 Apply a heavy load to the front passenger seat or equipment
(e.g. seatback pocket).
 Attach a commercial seatback table, etc. to the front
passenger seat seatback.
 Put weight on the front passenger seat by putting your
hands or feet on the seatback from the rear passenger seat.
The “AIRBAG OFF” indicator light will be illuminated
when the ignition switch is in the “ON” position and a child
restraint system is in the front passenger seat (see
tablecondition 2). This indicates that in the event of a
severe frontal or passenger’s side impact, the front
passenger airbag and side airbag on the front passenger
seat are deactivated and will not deploy.
If the front passenger occupant classification system
determines that a person of adult size sits in the front
passenger seat but the “AIRBAG OFF” indicator light is
illuminated, one of the following is likely to have occurred:
 A rear passenger lifts the front passenger seat cushion with
their legs.
 Objects are placed under the front passenger seat.
 The front passenger seat seatback is in contact with the rear
seat.

OCCUPANT RESTRAINT SYSTEM
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Condition and operation in the front passenger occupant classification s\
ystem
Condition detected by the front
passenger occupant
classification system
Indicator/warning lightDevices
“AIRBAG
OFF” and “AIRBAG ON”
indicator lights
SRS
warning light
Front
passenger’s seat belt
reminder light
Front
passenger airbagSide airbag
on the frontpassenger seatCurtain
shield airbag in the frontpassenger sideFront
passenger’s seat belt
pretensioner
1Adult*1“AIRBAG ON”OFFFlashing*4Activated
2Child *2 or child
restraint system*3“AIRBAG OFF”OFFFlashing*4Deactivated
Activated
Activated
3UnoccupiedNot
illuminatedOFFOFFDeactivatedDeactivated
4There is a
malfunction in the
system“AIRBAG OFF”ONOFFDeactivatedActivated
*1: The system judges a person of adult size as an adult. When a smaller ad\
ult sits in the front passenger seat, the system may recognize him/her as a child depending on his/her physique and posture.
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2: When a larger child who has outgrown a child restraint system sits in the front\
passenger seat, the system may recognize him/her as an adult depending on his/her physique or posture.
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3: Never install a rear −facing child restraint system on the front passenger seat. A forward −facing child restraint system should
only be installed on the front passenger seat when it is unavoidable. (See “\
Child restraint system” on page cxlix as for installing
the child restraint system.)
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4: In the event the front passenger does not wear a seat belt.