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Essential Safety Equipment

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

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

Front Seats ................................................................................ 2-2
Rear Seat ................................................................................... 2-5

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

Seat Belt Precautions ................................................................ 2-9
Seat Belt (Except Center-Rear Position) ................................. 2-12
Front Seat Belt Pretensioner and Load Limiting Systems ....... 2-14
Center-Rear Position Seat Belt (3-Point Type) ....................... 2-16
Seat Belt Extender ................................................................... 2-18
Seat Belt Warning Light/Beep ................................................ 2-19

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

Child Restraint Precautions ..................................................... 2-21
Installing Child-Restraint Systems .......................................... 2-25
LATCH Child-Restraint Systems ............................................ 2-33

SRS Air Bags ............................................................................... 2-38

Supplemental Restraint Systems (SRS) Precautions ............... 2-38
Supplemental Restraint System Components ......................... 2-42
How the Air Bags Work .......................................................... 2-45

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