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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
Driver's Seat (Electrically Operated Seat) ................................. 2-6
Rear Seat ................................................................................. 2-12
Non-Adjustable Head Restraints ............................................. 2-12
Seat Warmer

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Seat Belt Systems ........................................................................ 2-15

Seat Belt Precautions .............................................................. 2-15
Location of Seat Belt ............................................................... 2-18
Seat Belt .................................................................................. 2-19
Front Seat Belt Pretensioner and Load Limiting Systems ....... 2-20
Seat Belt Extender ................................................................... 2-22
Seat Belt Warning Light/Beep ................................................ 2-24

Child Restraint ............................................................................ 2-26

Child Restraint Precautions ..................................................... 2-26
Child-Restraint System Installation Position .......................... 2-30
Installing Child-Restraint Systems .......................................... 2-31
LATCH Child-Restraint Systems ............................................ 2-37

SRS Air Bags ............................................................................... 2-40

Supplemental Restraint Systems (SRS) Precautions ............... 2-40
Supplemental Restraint System Components ......................... 2-44
How the Air Bags Work .......................................................... 2-46

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