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Old 11-18-2016, 01:26 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by STV3 View Post
Are you leaving something heavy or your cell phone on the passenger seat? Either will activate the passenger side airbag and make the seat belt chime go off.
Weight has nothing to do with what is on the passenger seat. The system is activated by Electrostatic Capacitance Sensor not a weight triggered switch. You could put a 200 pound chunk of steel there and it wouldn't go off but a single tomato set in the right place would trigger it.
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