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Essential Safety Equipment

  Important information about safety equipment, including seats, seat belt 
system, child-restraint systems and SRS air bags.

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

  Seat  Precautions  ............................................................................  2-2 
  Front  Seat  ......................................................................................  2-4 
  Rear  Seat  .......................................................................................  2-6 
  Head  Restraints  .............................................................................  2-8 

  Seat  Belt  Systems ..............................................................................  2-10 

  Seat  Belt  Precautions  ..................................................................  2-10 
  Seat  Belt  ......................................................................................  2-13 
  Seat  Belt  Warning  Systems  .........................................................  2-14 
  Seat Belt Pretensioner and Load Limiting Systems ....................  2-14 
  Seat  Belt  Extender .......................................................................  2-16 

  Child  Restraint  .................................................................................  2-18 

  Child-Restraint  Precautions  ........................................................  2-18 
  Child-Restraint  System  Installation  ............................................  2-23 
  Installing  Child-Restraint  Systems  .............................................  2-24 

  SRS  Air  Bags  ....................................................................................  2-35 

  Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) Precautions ....................  2-35 
  Supplemental  Restraint  System  Components  .............................  2-42 
  How  the  SRS  Air  Bags  Work  ......................................................  2-44 
  SRS  Air  Bag  Deployment  Criteria  ..............................................  2-48 
  Limitations  to  SRS  Air  Bag  ........................................................  2-50 
  Front Passenger Occupant Classifi cation  System  .......................  2-52 
  Constant  Monitoring  ...................................................................  2-57