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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) .................................. 2-5
Rear Seat ................................................................................... 2-9

Seat Belt Systems ......................................................................... 2-11

Seat Belt Precautions ............................................................... 2-11
Seat Belt (Except Center-Rear Position) ................................. 2-14
Front Seat Belt Pretensioner and Load Limiting Systems ....... 2-16
Center-Rear Position Seat Belt ................................................ 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 ............................................ 2-35

SRS Air Bags ............................................................................... 2-40

Supplemental Restraint Systems (SRS) Precautions ............... 2-40
Supplemental Restraint System Components ......................... 2-45
How the Air Bags Work .......................................................... 2-48

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