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Essential Safety Equipment

Use of safety equipment, including seats, seat belt system, child-restraint
systems and SRS air bags.

Seats ............................................................................................... 2-2

Front Seats (Manually Operated Seats) ..................................... 2-2
Front Seats (Electrically Operated Seats) .................................. 2-5
Rear Seat ................................................................................... 2-9

Seat Belt Systems ........................................................................ 2-14

Seat Belt Precautions .............................................................. 2-14
Seat Belt (Except Center-Rear Position) ................................. 2-17
Front Seat Belt Pretensioner and Load Limiting Systems ....... 2-19
Center-Rear Position Seat Belt ................................................ 2-22
Seat Belt Extender ................................................................... 2-25
Seat Belt Warning Light/Beep ................................................ 2-26

Child Restraint ............................................................................ 2-28

Child Restraint Precautions ..................................................... 2-28
Installing Child-Restraint Systems .......................................... 2-32
LATCH Child-Restraint Systems ............................................ 2-42

SRS Air Bags ............................................................................... 2-48

Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) Precautions ................ 2-48
Supplemental Restraint System Components ......................... 2-53
How the SRS Air Bags Work .................................................. 2-54
SRS Air Bag Deployment Criteria .......................................... 2-58
Limitations to SRS Air Bag .................................................... 2-59
Driver and Front Passenger Occupant Classification
System ..................................................................................... 2-61
Monitoring and Maintenance .................................................. 2-66

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