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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 ................................................................................... 2-5

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

Seat Belt Precautions .............................................................. 2-10
Seat Belt (Except Center-Rear Position) ................................. 2-13
Front Seat Belt Pretensioner and Load Limiting Systems ....... 2-15
Center-Rear Position Seat Belt (3-Point Type) ....................... 2-18
Seat Belt Extender ................................................................... 2-21
Seat Belt Warning Light/Beep ................................................ 2-22

Child Restraint ............................................................................ 2-24

Child Restraint Precautions ..................................................... 2-24
Installing Child-Restraint Systems .......................................... 2-28
LATCH Child-Restraint Systems ............................................ 2-36

SRS Air Bags ............................................................................... 2-41

Supplemental Restraint Systems (SRS) Precautions ............... 2-41
Supplemental Restraint System Components ......................... 2-46
How the Air Bags Work .......................................................... 2-49

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