The front seat passenger airbag has an amber colored lighted alert indicator on the dashboard that is supposed to change from -??off-?? to -??on-?? when an occupant of sufficient weight is seated in that position. The dealer who recently sold me my new 2025 Subaru Outback advised me that this indicator is calibrated to trigger when a passenger weighing over 85 pounds occupies that seat. However, while I have found that it works for example when an occupant sits in the front passenger seat at a weight of 190 pounds it does not switch from off to on when a passenger weighing 97 pounds has occupied this seating position. This problem occurs only with the front passenger seat airbag alert indicator and works properly when a passenger of either exampled weight class occupies the driver-??s seat.

- Wexford, PA, USA

Shortly after purchasing my vehicle I noticed that the passenger airbag illuminated -??off-?? indicator did not switch from -??off-?? to -??on-?? when an individual weighing under 100 pounds occupies the front passenger set in the vehicle. I could find nothing in the owner-??s literature accompanying my car-??s purchase addressing the threshold weight set by the manufacturer or dealer for passenger airbag activation/deactivation but was told informally by a dealer representative that the weight threshold for the vehicle is set at 100 pounds and cannot be adjusted to activate for front passenger seat occupants weighing any less-?"a potential safety issue for my wife who weighs less than 100 pounds and often occupies the front passenger seat position.

- Wexford, PA, USA