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Old 01-07-2012, 11:38 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by cooljess76 View Post
In the event of an accident, will the passenger seat latch retracting mechanism still retract and lock and will the passenger airbag still deploy? If so, thumbs up.
It's supposed to.
The pressure mat and seat belt sensor is supposed to control the passenger airbag. If no one is sitting in the seat, then it doesn't deploy.
This way the SRS thinks someone is sitting in the seat so it should deploy regardless.
I don't know anyone who has tested it.
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