The passenger sensing system, if equipped, will turn off the right front passenger frontal airbag under certain conditions. The driver airbags and roof-rail airbags are not affected by this.
If the vehicle has a passenger sensing system, the passenger airbag status indicator will be visible on the instrument panel when the vehicle is started.
United States
Canada
See Passenger Sensing System (Without Turbo Engine) or Passenger Sensing System (With Turbo Engine) for important information.
Chevrolet Cobalt Service & Repair Manual. Air Bag System Disarming & Arming
Disarming
The Sensing and Diagnostic
Module (SDM) can maintain enough voltage to cause air bag deployment for
up to 10 minutes after the ignition is turned off and the battery is disconnected.
Servicing the Supplemental air bag (SIR) system during this period may result
in ac ...