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Essential Safety Equipment

Important information about safety equipment, including seats, seat belt
system, child-restraint systems and SRS air bags.

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

Seat Precaution .......................................................................... 2-2
Front Seat .................................................................................. 2-5
Rear Seat ................................................................................. 2-10
Head Restraints ....................................................................... 2-12

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

Seat Belt Precautions .............................................................. 2-14
Seat Belt .................................................................................. 2-17
Seat Belt Warning Systems ..................................................... 2-18
Front Seat Belt Pretensioner and Load Limiting Systems ....... 2-18
Seat Belt Extender ................................................................... 2-20

Child Restraint ............................................................................ 2-22

Child Restraint Precautions ..................................................... 2-22
Child-Restraint System Installation ........................................ 2-27
Installing Child-Restraint Systems .......................................... 2-28

SRS Air Bags ............................................................................... 2-39

Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) Precautions ................ 2-39
Supplemental Restraint System Components ......................... 2-45
How the SRS Air Bags Work .................................................. 2-47
SRS Air Bag Deployment Criteria .......................................... 2-51
Limitations to SRS Air Bag .................................................... 2-52
Front Passenger Occupant Classification System

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Constant Monitoring ............................................................... 2-60

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