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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
Second-Row Seats ................................................................... 2-11
Third-Row Seat ....................................................................... 2-16

Seat Belt Systems ........................................................................ 2-18

Seat Belt Precautions .............................................................. 2-18
3-Point Type Seat Belt ............................................................ 2-22
Front Seat Belt Pretensioner and Load Limiting Systems ....... 2-24
Center-Rear Position Seat Belt (Second-Row Seats) .............. 2-27
Seat Belt Extender ................................................................... 2-30
Seat Belt Warning Light/Beep ................................................ 2-32

Child Restraint ............................................................................ 2-34

Child Restraint Precautions ..................................................... 2-34
Installing Child-Restraint Systems .......................................... 2-38
LATCH Child-Restraint Systems ............................................ 2-45

SRS Air Bags ............................................................................... 2-50

Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) Precautions ................ 2-50
Supplemental Restraint System Components ......................... 2-55
How the SRS Air Bags Work .................................................. 2-56
SRS Air Bag Deployment Criteria .......................................... 2-60
Limitations to SRS Air Bag .................................................... 2-61
Driver and Front Passenger Occupant Classification
System ..................................................................................... 2-63
Monitoring and Maintenance .................................................. 2-68

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