Occupant Monitoring: Notes

There are two types of occupant monitoring:

• In all markets except NAS and Australia, vehicles have an occupant detection system
• In NAS markets, vehicles have an occupant classification system.

For markets which have an occupant detection system, this has no interface with the restraints system and only provides the belt reminder function.

For markets that have an occupant classification system, this provides the RCM with the occupancy status of the front passenger seat. The RCM uses this and the seat buckle status in the evaluation of the firing strategy for the passenger front air bag, side air bag and pretensioner.