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Front Passenger Seat Occupant Classification System (OCS)

WARNING: Fisker strongly advises against seating a child on the front passenger seat, even if the passenger airbag is Off. All occupants age 12 and under should ride in the rear seats.

WARNING: The full weight of the front seat passenger should always be directly on the seat cushion. The passenger should never lift themselves off the seat cushion by using the armrest in the door or the center console, by pressing their feet on the floor, by sitting on the edge of the seat cushion, or by pressing against the backrest in a way that reduces pressure on the seat cushion. The passenger should never place anything (such as a cushion) between themselves and the seat. This could cause OCS to disable the front passenger's airbag.

Deployment of the front passenger airbag is not always beneficial for small or lower-weight occupants and could be harmful to children/infants in restraint systems.

The front passenger seat is fitted with an occupancy sensor that controls the status of the front passenger airbag based on the weight of the occupant.

Note: The occupancy sensor system only controls the deployment of the front passenger and knee airbags, and the front passenger seat belt pre-tensioner. It does not affect the deployment of the passenger side airbag or the passenger curtain airbag.

The occupancy sensor system meets the regulatory requirement of FMVSS 208 and automatically detects when deployment of the front passenger airbag would be unnecessary or potentially harmful.

A status message on the overhead console indicates whether the front passenger airbag is currently OFF.

You should always check whether the passenger airbag status indicator is showing the correct status for the current seat occupancy.

If you think the passenger airbag status is incorrect, check for the following:

Objects lodged underneath the seat
Objects wedged between the seat cushion and the center console
Objects hanging off the back off the seat
Cargo interference with the seat
Rear-seat passengers pushing or pulling on the front passenger seat

Any of the conditions listed above may cause the occupancy sensor to incorrectly interpret the weight of the occupant or object as either heavier or lighter than the real weight.

Depending on the input received from the occupancy sensor, the passenger airbag status indicator operates as shown in the following table.

Front Passenger Seat Occupancy	Passenger Airbag Status	Passenger Airbag Status Indicator	Airbag SRS Warning Indicator
Completely empty/ low-weight object*1	Deactivated	PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF	-
Child restraint seat with infant	Deactivated*2	PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF	-
Child (with or without child seat)	Deactivated*3	PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF	-
Adult	Activated*4	-	-
System malfunction	Deactivated	PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF	ON
1 A low-weight object or occupant is classified as weighing less than 52 lb(23.5 kg). Movement of a low-weight occupant or object while your vehicle is in motion may cause the status indicator to switch states occasionally. 2 Never install a rear-facing child restraint system on the front passenger seat. A forward-facing child restraint system should only be installed on the front passenger seat when it is unavoidable. 3 For some children, child in a seat, child in a booster seat, or child in a convertible seat, the system may not recognize them as a child. Factors which may affect this can be their physique or posture. 4 The system judges a person of adult size as an adult. When a smaller adult sits in the front passenger seat, the system may not recognize them as an adult depending on their physique or posture.

Note: It is possible to receive an intermittent indicator status with an empty seat. This is part of the system’s behavior and it does not affect the status of the front passenger airbags. However, if the status indicator becomes permanently ON when the seat is empty and the seat belt is unbuckled, contact Fisker via the Fisker App immediately.

If you still believe that the airbag status indicator is incorrect, have your passenger ride in the rear of the vehicle and immediately contact Fisker via the Fisker App to have the system checked.

Front passenger seat OCS precautions

WARNING: Failure to observe the following precautions regarding the front passenger OCS may cause death or serious injury.

Wear the seat belt properly. See Wearing Seat Belts.
Make sure the front passenger's seat belt latch plate is not inserted into the buckle before someone sits in the front passenger seat.
If an adult is seated in the front passenger seat, and the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF indicator is displayed, ask the passenger to sit up straight, well back in the seat, with feet on the floor, and with the seat belt worn correctly. If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF indicator remains displayed, either ask the passenger to move to a rear seat, or if that is not possible, move the front passenger seat fully rearward.
Child restraint systems installed on the rear seat should not contact the front passenger seat back.
Do not recline the front passenger seat back so far that it contacts a rear seat or an object in the rear of the vehicle. This may cause the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF indicator to be displayed. Return the seat back to a position where it does not touch the seat or object. Keep the front passenger seat back as upright as possible when the vehicle is moving. Reclining the seat back may lessen the effectiveness of the seat belt system.
Make sure the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF indicator is not displayed when using a seat belt extender for the front passenger. If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF indicator is displayed, disconnect the latch plate from the seat belt buckle and reconnect the seat belt. If you continue to use the seat belt extender while the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF indicator is displayed, the airbags for the front passenger will not activate correctly, which could cause death or serious injury in the event of a collision.
Do not apply a heavy load to the front passenger seat.
Do not put objects underneath the front passenger seat.
Do not allow rear seat passengers to put weight on the front passenger seat by putting their hands or feet on the seat back.
Do not let a rear passenger lift the front passenger seat with their feet or press on the seat back with their legs.
Do not allow a passenger to kick the front passenger seat or subject it to a severe impact. This could cause the Airbag SRS warning indicator to be displayed and prevent the system from operating correctly in an impact. Contact Fisker via the Fisker App if the warning indicator is displayed.
Do not modify or remove the front seats.
Do not modify, cover, or replace the upholstery on the front seat.

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