Re: Passenger Side Air Bag is Turned Off when using Swivel Seat

Kadaifi wrote:
> 2007 Altima S. My wife uses a swivel seat to help her into the car. See 
> http://www.nwmedicalsolutions.com/cat_seat.cfm
for a description.
> 
> The swivel seat measures about 15" in diameter which is larger than the 
> 13 1/2 inches of the flat part of the car seat. This means the swivel 
> seat sits above the flat part of the car seat by about a 1/2 inch and 
> therefore, no pressure is applied to the flat part of the car seat when 
> she sits there. For this reason, I believe the "air bag off" indicator 
> is lit up. If she sits in the car seat without the swivel seat, the "air

> bag off" indicator light is off.
> 
> I've tried putting a pillow between the swivel seat and the car seat to 
> eliminate the 1/2" gap but that did not work.
> 
> Anybody have some ideas on how to make this work so the "air bag off" 
> indicator stays off?

I added a second pillow and now it works okay.