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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 ................................................................................... 2-8

Seat Belt Systems ........................................................................ 2-10

Seat Belt Precautions .............................................................. 2-10
Location of Seat Belt ............................................................... 2-13
Seat Belt .................................................................................. 2-14
Front Seat Belt Pretensioner and Load Limiting Systems ....... 2-15
Seat Belt Extender ................................................................... 2-17
Seat Belt Warning Light .......................................................... 2-18
Seat Belt Warning Beep .......................................................... 2-19

Child Restraint ............................................................................ 2-20

Child Restraint Precautions ..................................................... 2-20
Installing Child-Restraint Systems .......................................... 2-23
LATCH Child-Restraint Systems ............................................ 2-28

SRS Air Bags ............................................................................... 2-30

Supplemental Restraint Systems (SRS) Precautions ............... 2-30
Air Bag System Description ................................................... 2-35

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