Passenger Presence Sensor

meruyailir · 07-16-2006, 08:49 PM

When you have a front passenger, the car will turn on the seat belt indicator. I assume it uses a weight sensor? Anyone know what's the weight limit to trigger the sensor? Coz when I have my kid, it won't get triggered.

Asiann · 07-16-2006, 09:24 PM

I wanna say it is 80lbs. Personally for me kids never ride in the front.

Barry626 · 07-16-2006, 09:56 PM

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I wanna say it is 80lbs. Personally for me kids never ride in the front.

To bad 9-10 others were'n t just like you!

David328M-Sport · 07-16-2006, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by meruyailir

When you have a front passenger, the car will turn on the seat belt indicator. I assume it uses a weight sensor? Anyone know what's the weight limit to trigger the sensor? Coz when I have my kid, it won't get triggered.

Probably because of certain countries outlawing (or at least frowning on) young children from sitting in the front seat.

SCA · 07-16-2006, 09:58 PM

50-55 lbs.?

ward · 07-16-2006, 10:58 PM

it's pretty light, I've had it turned on by leaving 3 heavy binders on the seat

maybe 20 pounds MAX (in my car anyways)

Patman · 07-17-2006, 02:33 AM

hre in switzerland law tells you that children under 8 years old does not come and seat in front. It is quite new, because years ago it was 10 or 12 ...

i can imagine Switzerland is quite the same as Germany ...

So i don't know how much a 8 years old european does have for a weight, but i let you make with this information :-)

330m · 07-17-2006, 03:07 AM

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Originally Posted by ward

it's pretty light, I've had it turned on by leaving 3 heavy binders on the seat

maybe 20 pounds MAX (in my car anyways)

Agree - When i go to the shop for a few items I put the bag on the front seat and it triggers the seat belt warning.

Maybe 10lbs?

meruyailir · 07-17-2006, 04:23 AM

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Originally Posted by 330m

Agree - When i go to the shop for a few items I put the bag on the front seat and it triggers the seat belt warning.

Maybe 10lbs?

I had someone weighing 40kg and intermittently it didn't trigger. The seat belt light came on and off and the chime never went off.

KennyVendetta · 07-17-2006, 06:02 AM

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I had someone weighing 40kg and intermittently it didn't trigger. The seat belt light came on and off and the chime never went off.

Kate Moss?

larryn · 07-17-2006, 06:25 AM

My backpack with a portable laptop, an ipod, and my pda cause the sensor to be tripped and the indicator light by the sunroof to blink. I'm guessing that is not even 10 lbs.

There must be a 2nd stage tho, because the chime never goes off.

Xphstos · 07-17-2006, 07:56 AM

I believe it is actually light, something like 10-15 lbs. I have noticed that the item needs to be all the way back in the seat to activate the sensor.

danglez1234 · 07-17-2006, 08:56 AM

its 40 lbs, so that if there is a baby in the front seat, you can either choose to turn off the airbag or not, manually.

330m · 07-18-2006, 02:34 AM

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its 40 lbs, so that if there is a baby in the front seat, you can either choose to turn off the airbag or not, manually.

But even with a 170lb adult in the seat you can turn off the airbag manually if you want.

(in UK anyway)

laperacfo · 07-18-2006, 04:54 PM

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My backpack with a portable laptop, an ipod, and my pda cause the sensor to be tripped and the indicator light by the sunroof to blink. I'm guessing that is not even 10 lbs.

There must be a 2nd stage tho, because the chime never goes off.

Portable laptop? Isn't a laptop supposed to be portable?

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