Nissan Qashqai e-POWER 2023 Owners Manual
4.7.2. Front passenger air bag status light
Never install a rear-facing child restraint system on the front passenger seat without ensuring that the front passenger air bag is deactivated. The vehicle may be equipped with a manual or an automatic front-passenger front air bag deactivation system. Where a manual front-passenger air bag deactivation system is equipped, the air bag switch must be used to deactivate the passenger air bag. (For details see
and .) The <PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF> indicator
must be lit. In a frontal collision, supplemental front-impact air bags inflate with great force. An inflating supplemental front-impact air bag could seriously injure or kill your child.Depending on vehicle specification, the front passenger seat may be equipped with an occupant classification sensor that turns the front passenger air bag on or off depending on the type of occupant or object detected on the front passenger seat. The status of the front passenger air bag (ON or OFF) is indicated by the front passenger air bag status lights <PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF> and <PASSENGER AIR BAG ON> 
which are located on the roof console.
After the power switch is switched ON, the <PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF> and <PASSENGER AIR BAG ON> indicator lights must light up simultaneously for approximately 7 seconds.
The indicator lights display the status of the front-passenger front air bag:
<PASSENGER AIR BAG ON> lights up: the front-passenger front air bag is enabled. If, in the event of an accident, all deployment criteria are met, the front-passenger front air bag is deployed.
<PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF> lights up: the front-passenger front air bag is disabled. It will then not be deployed in the event of an accident.
CONDITION | DESCRIPTION | PASSENGER AIR BAG INDICATOR LIGHT( | FRONT PASSENGER AIR BAG STATUS |
Empty | Empty front passenger seat |
| INHIBITED |
NISSAN recommended child restraint with child | Bag or Child Restraint in front passenger seat* |
| INHIBITED |
Adult | Adult in the front passenger seat |
| ACTIVATED |
* If an approved child restraint system is not being used, the passenger air bag may be active (illuminated).
In addition to the above, certain objects placed on the front passenger seat may also cause the light to operate as described above.
For additional information related to the normal operation and troubleshooting of this occupant classification sensor system (where fitted), please refer to
.