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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) .................................. 2-6
Rear Seat ................................................................................. 2-10
Head Restraints ....................................................................... 2-13

Seat Belt Systems ........................................................................ 2-14

Seat Belt Precautions .............................................................. 2-14
Seat Belt (Except Center-Rear Position) ................................. 2-18
Front Seat Belt Pretensioner and Load Limiting Systems ....... 2-20
Center-Rear Position Seat Belt (3-Point Type) ....................... 2-23
Seat Belt Extender ................................................................... 2-25
Seat Belt Warning Light/Beep ................................................ 2-27

Child Restraint ............................................................................ 2-29

Child Restraint Precautions ..................................................... 2-29
Installing Child-Restraint Systems .......................................... 2-33
LATCH Child-Restraint Systems ............................................ 2-39

SRS Air Bags ............................................................................... 2-44

Supplemental Restraint Systems (SRS) Precautions ............... 2-44
Supplemental Restraint System Components ......................... 2-48
How the Air Bags Work .......................................................... 2-50

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