Land Rover Defender: Occupant sensing

Make sure to read and fully understand the relevant warnings before using any of the features in this section.

Crash statistics show that children are safest when properly restrained in a child restraint system. Children should be placed in an age and weight appropriate child restraint system and should be secured in a rear seating position.

Extreme hazard! Never place a rearward-facing child restraint on the front passenger seat. The infant could be seriously injured or killed if the air bag deploys.

For optimum safety, children under the age of 13 should travel in the rear of the vehicle at all times. Front passenger seat travel is not recommended. An inflating air bag could cause injury or death to children traveling in the front passenger seat.

The front outboard passenger seat is fitted with an occupancy sensor system that determines if:

• The seat is unoccupied.
• The seat is occupied by a person or object of low weight, or a child seat.
• The seat is occupied by a heavier person or object.

The system consists of:

• A weight sensing pressure pad fitted under the front passenger seat cushion. The sensor measures downward pressure and weight on the seat cushion.
• A control unit integrated into the pressure sensor.
• An air bag status indicator lamp, mounted in the roof console.

Make sure the ignition is switched on when checking the operational status of the front passenger air bag.

Operational states

There are three operational states. The operational states are shown in the following table:

* If the status lamp shows that the air bag is off with a seated adult in the front passenger seat, contact a retailer/ authorized repairer immediately.
** Displays for 60 seconds, followed by no display.

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