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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 .......................................................................... 2-9

Seat Belt Precautions ................................................................ 2-9
Location of Seat Belt ............................................................... 2-12
Seat Belts ................................................................................ 2-13
Front Seat Belt Pretensioner and Load Limiting Systems ....... 2-14
Seat Belt Extender ................................................................... 2-16
Seat Belt Warning Light/Beep ................................................ 2-17

Child Restraint ............................................................................ 2-19

Child Restraint Precautions ..................................................... 2-19
Installing Child-Restraint Systems .......................................... 2-23
LATCH Child-Restraint Systems ............................................ 2-28

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

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

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