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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) .................................. 2-4
Second-Row Seats .................................................................. 2-10
Third-Row Seat ....................................................................... 2-14
Head Restraints ....................................................................... 2-16

Seat Belt Systems ........................................................................ 2-17

Seat Belt Precautions .............................................................. 2-17
3-Point Type Seat Belt ............................................................ 2-21
Front Seat Belt Pretensioner and Load Limiting Systems ....... 2-23
Center-Rear Position Seat Belt (Second-Row Seats) .............. 2-26
Seat Belt Extender ................................................................... 2-29
Seat Belt Warning Light/Beep ................................................ 2-31

Child Restraint ............................................................................ 2-33

Child Restraint Precautions ..................................................... 2-33
Installing Child-Restraint Systems .......................................... 2-37
LATCH Child-Restraint Systems ............................................ 2-44

SRS Air Bags ............................................................................... 2-49

Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) Precautions ................ 2-49
Supplemental Restraint System Components ......................... 2-54
How the SRS Air Bags Work .................................................. 2-55
SRS Air Bag Deployment Criteria .......................................... 2-59
Limitations to SRS Air Bag .................................................... 2-60
Driver and Front Passenger Occupant Classification
System ..................................................................................... 2-62
Monitoring and Maintenance .................................................. 2-67

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