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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) .................................. 2-4
Rear Seat ................................................................................... 2-9
Head Restraints ....................................................................... 2-11
Seat Warmer

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......................................................................... 2-12

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

Seat Belt Precautions .............................................................. 2-14
Seat Belt .................................................................................. 2-18
Front Seat Belt Pretensioner and Load Limiting Systems ....... 2-20
Seat Belt Extender ................................................................... 2-23
Seat Belt Warning Light .......................................................... 2-24
Seat Belt Reminder ................................................................. 2-25

Child Restraint ............................................................................ 2-26

Child Restraint Precautions ..................................................... 2-26
Child-Restraint System Installation Position .......................... 2-30
Installing Child-Restraint Systems .......................................... 2-31
LATCH Child-Restraint Systems ............................................ 2-37

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

Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) Precautions ................ 2-41
Supplemental Restraint System Components ......................... 2-46
How the SRS Air Bags Work .................................................. 2-47
SRS Air Bag Deployment Criteria .......................................... 2-51
Limitations to SRS Air Bag .................................................... 2-52
Driver and Front Passenger Occupant Classification
System

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.................................................................................. 2-54

Monitoring and Maintenance .................................................. 2-59

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