Understanding the Passenger Airbag Deactivation Icon

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2014 Mazda CX-9
Has anyone else wondered about the passenger airbag deactivation feature? The icon is almost always lit even when nobody is in the passenger seat, which I thought may have been a problem. I actually read the section in the manual and discovered that this is, in fact, the expected behavior...which drives me nuts.

If the seat is empty or occupied by a child (I think the weight threshold is 80 lbs. I read that somewhere else) the light is lit, which means any time you are driving your 6 alone or with just kids in the back seat, the light is on. If I see an amber warning light, I think something is wrong. I wish it would NOT be lit when the seat is empty. Can't the engineers develop the logic such that if the weight of the occupant is just a few pounds (someTHING in the pass seat) or ZERO pounds, the light does not need to be lit? Grrrr.

Here's the proof.

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I couldn't agree with you more. It should be off, or at the very least, not as noticeable. My other vehicles have always used the logic you suggest, they only alert me that it's off when I have a heavy box or backpack on the passenger seat.
 
yes. this is an annoyance.

i definitely have complained about it in my 2 surveys to Mazda NA.
 

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