2.Essential Safety Equipment; Essential Safety Equipment; Seats ..................................................................................................... - Page 13

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Some models.

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Essential Safety Equipment

Important information about safety equipment, including seats, seat belt 

system, child-restraint systems and SRS air bags.

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

Seat Precautions ............................................................................ 2-2

Seat ................................................................................................ 2-4

Head Restraints

 ............................................................................. 2-6

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

Seat Belt Precautions

 .................................................................... 2-7

Seat Belt

 ...................................................................................... 2-10

Seat Belt Warning Systems

 ......................................................... 2-11

Seat Belt Pretensioner and Load Limiting Systems

 .................... 2-12

Seat Belt Extender

 ....................................................................... 2-13

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

Child-Restraint Precautions

 ........................................................ 2-15

Child-Restraint System Installation

 ............................................ 2-20

Installing Child-Restraint Systems

 ............................................. 2-21

SRS Air Bags .................................................................................... 2-24

Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) Precautions

 .................... 2-24

Supplemental Restraint System Components

 ............................. 2-29

How the SRS Air Bags Work

 ...................................................... 2-31

SRS Air Bag Deployment Criteria

 .............................................. 2-34

Limitations to SRS Air Bag

 ........................................................ 2-35

Passenger Occupant Classification System

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Constant Monitoring ................................................................... 2-42

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