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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
Non-Adjustable Head Restraints ............................................... 2-4
Seat Warmer

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........................................................................... 2-5

Seat Belt Systems .......................................................................... 2-7

Seat Belt Precautions ................................................................ 2-7
Seat Belt .................................................................................. 2-11
Seat Belt Pretensioner and Load Limiting Systems ................ 2-13
Seat Belt Extender ................................................................... 2-15
Seat Belt Warning Light .......................................................... 2-16
Seat Belt Reminder ................................................................. 2-17

Child Restraint ............................................................................ 2-18

Child Restraint Precautions ..................................................... 2-18
Child-Restraint System Installation Position .......................... 2-22
Installing a Child-Restraint System ......................................... 2-23

SRS Air Bags ............................................................................... 2-25

Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) Precautions ................ 2-25
Supplemental Restraint System Components ......................... 2-29
How the SRS Air Bags Work .................................................. 2-30
SRS Air Bag Deployment Criteria .......................................... 2-34
Limitations to SRS Air Bag .................................................... 2-35
Driver and Passenger Occupant Classification System ........... 2-37
Monitoring and Maintenance .................................................. 2-41

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