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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 ................................................................................... 2-7
Head Restraints ....................................................................... 2-10
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/Beep ................................................ 2-24

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 ............................................ 2-38

SRS Air Bags ............................................................................... 2-43

Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) Precautions ................ 2-43
Supplemental Restraint System Components ......................... 2-48
How the SRS Air Bags Work .................................................. 2-49
SRS Air Bag Deployment Criteria .......................................... 2-53
Limitations to SRS Air Bag .................................................... 2-54
Driver and Front Passenger Occupant Classification
System

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.................................................................................. 2-56

Monitoring and Maintenance .................................................. 2-61

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