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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 ................................................................................ 2-2
Rear Seat ................................................................................... 2-4
Head Restraints ......................................................................... 2-7

Seat Belt Systems .......................................................................... 2-9

Seat Belt Precautions ................................................................ 2-9
Seat Belt .................................................................................. 2-13
Front Seat Belt Pretensioner and Load Limiting Systems ....... 2-15
Seat Belt Extender ................................................................... 2-17
Seat Belt Warning Light .......................................................... 2-19
Seat Belt Reminder ................................................................. 2-19

Child Restraint ............................................................................ 2-21

Child Restraint Precautions ..................................................... 2-21
Child-Restraint System Installation Position .......................... 2-25
Installing Child-Restraint Systems .......................................... 2-26
LATCH Child-Restraint Systems ............................................ 2-32

SRS Air Bags ............................................................................... 2-36

Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) Precautions ................ 2-36
Supplemental Restraint System Components ......................... 2-41
How the SRS Air Bags Work .................................................. 2-42
SRS Air Bag Deployment Criteria .......................................... 2-47
Limitations to SRS Air Bag .................................................... 2-48
Driver and Front Passenger Occupant Classification
System ..................................................................................... 2-50
Monitoring and Maintenance .................................................. 2-55

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