Passenger Air bag question

Pic18 · Mar 4, 2013

How can I tell if the passenger air bag is on when someone is sitting in the passenger seat? Other vehicles I've owned had a light that showed it was on.

bigbadram1500 · Mar 6, 2013

bump for our 4th genners

jlb · Mar 6, 2013

You could get in a wreck, but that doesn't seem like a good way to test it... lol

I didn't even know our trucks had auto sensing airbags that shut off....

SmokedRam · Mar 6, 2013

I downloaded your owners manual and after reading this paragraph, it would seem that as long as the seatbelt is fastened in the passenger seat, the air bag is on.

This vehicle may be equipped with a driver and/or front
passenger seat belt buckle switch that detects whether
the driver or front passenger seat belt is fastened. The
seat belt buckle switch may adjust the inflation rate of the
Advanced Front Air Bags.

Red 2012 Crew · Mar 7, 2013

Yeah I noticed the warning sticker on the sunvisor that said we had "active" airbags but I was also wondering how they worked. My old chevy had a light on the upper consol that said if it was on or off. The seat had a weight sensor in it and it had to have like 75lbs in it before it would turn on.

brandon.colt · Mar 7, 2013

Correct me if I'm wrong, but if not mistaken...
With newer vehicles (early-mid 2000s), there is a sensor in the passenger seats. Seat belt warning chimes if someone is sitting in the seat and belts not fastened, the same sensor activates the air bag. If no weight is detected in the seat it deactivates the air bag. That way if the driver is the only person in the vehicle during a wreck it doesn't set off all the airbags.

Red 2012 Crew · Mar 7, 2013

That makes sense but I don't know? :33:

joeg45 · Mar 7, 2013

Hmmmmmm thats strange when i got in a wreck in my express both the passenger and mine went off and i was the only one in the truck

Black Cloud · Mar 7, 2013

^^same here - I t-boned a car and both airbags went off. I was the only one in the truck.

partsguy · Mar 8, 2013

there were strain guages in some vehicles back in 06-07 that detected weight. they became an annoyance to women putting their purses in the passenger seat and the like. they did away with them and now use a multi-stage deployment system. the still have classification modules to tell how heavy someone is but they dont disable. the only vehicle that you can disable the airbag on is a single cab truck that i know of. it has a manual switch to turn it off

Pic18 · Mar 10, 2013

Thanks for the replies. My daughter is heavy enough to activate the passenger airbag in my ex Silverado, but not in my wife's Fusion. When she sits in the passenger side of the Ram, I can't tell if the air bag is on.

So the consensus is that the passenger airbag is on when the seat is buckled I guess.

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