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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

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

Seat Belt Systems .......................................................................... 2-5

Seat Belt Precautions ................................................................ 2-5
Seat Belts .................................................................................. 2-8
Seat Belt Pretensioner and Load Limiting Systems ................ 2-10
Seat Belt Extender ................................................................... 2-12
Seat Belt Warning Light/Beep ................................................ 2-13

Child Restraint ............................................................................ 2-15

Child Restraint Precautions ..................................................... 2-15
Installing a Child-Restraint System ......................................... 2-20
LATCH Child-Restraint System ............................................. 2-23

SRS Air Bags ............................................................................... 2-26

Supplemental Restraint Systems (SRS) Precautions ............... 2-26
Passenger Air Bag Deactivation Switch .................................. 2-30
Supplemental Restraint System Components ......................... 2-34
How the Air Bags Work .......................................................... 2-37

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