User's Guide Part 1

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Essential Safety Equipment
Important information about safety equipment, including seats, seat belt
system, child-restraint systems and SRS air bags.
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Seats ..................................................................................................... 2-2
Seat Precautions ............................................................................ 2-2
Front Seat ...................................................................................... 2-5
Rear Seat ....................................................................................... 2-8
Head Restraints ........................................................................... 2-10
Seat Belt Systems .............................................................................. 2-12
Seat Belt Precautions .................................................................. 2-12
Seat Belt ...................................................................................... 2-15
Seat Belt Warning Systems ......................................................... 2-16
Front Seat Belt Pretensioner and Load Limiting Systems .......... 2-16
Seat Belt Extender ....................................................................... 2-18
Child-Restraint ................................................................................. 2-20
Child-Restraint Precautions ........................................................ 2-20
Child-Restraint System Installation ............................................ 2-25
Installing Child-Restraint Systems ............................................. 2-26
SRS Air Bags .................................................................................... 2-38
Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) Precautions .................... 2-38
Supplemental Restraint System Components ............................. 2-44
How the SRS Air Bags Work ...................................................... 2-45
SRS Air Bag Deployment Criteria .............................................. 2-49
Limitations to SRS Air Bag ........................................................ 2-50
Front Passenger Occupant Classifi cation System ....................... 2-52
Constant Monitoring ................................................................... 2-57
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