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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 Belt .................................................................................... 2-9
Seat Belt Pretensioner and Load Limiting Systems ................ 2-11
Seat Belt Extender ................................................................... 2-13
Seat Belt Warning Light/Beep ................................................ 2-15

Child Restraint ............................................................................ 2-17

Child Restraint Precautions ..................................................... 2-17
Installing a Child-Restraint System ......................................... 2-22
LATCH Child-Restraint System ............................................. 2-25

SRS Air Bags ............................................................................... 2-28

Supplemental Restraint Systems (SRS) Precautions ............... 2-28
Passenger Air Bag Deactivation Switch .................................. 2-32
Supplemental Restraint System Components ......................... 2-36
How the Air Bags Work .......................................................... 2-38

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