Safety Belt Pretensioners
SAFETY BELT USE DURING
PREGNANCY
The vehicle has safety belt pretensioners
for the front outboard occupants.
Although the safety belt pretensioners
cannot be seen, they are part of the safety
belt assembly. They can help tighten the
safety belts during a severe frontal crash,
and side and rear impacts if the threshold
conditions for pretensioner activation
are met. Pretensioners are not designed
to activate in a minor frontal crash.
Pretensioners are designed to activate in
a moderate to severe rear crash.
Pretensioners work only once. If the
pretensioners activate in a crash, the
pretensioners and probably other new
parts for the vehicle’s safety belt system
will need to be replaced. See Replacing
Safety Belt System Parts after a Crash
on page 2-21.
Safety belts work for everyone, including
pregnant women. Like all occupants,
they are more likely to be seriously
injured if they do not wear safety belts.
A pregnant woman should wear a lap-
shoulder belt, and the lap portion
should be worn as low as possible,
across the pelvis to prevent pressure on
the abdomen.
Seats and Restraints 2-19
Squeeze the release buttons (A) toge-
ther and move the height adjuster up or
down to the desired position.
After the adjuster is set to the desired
position, try to move it up or down
without squeezing the release buttons
to make sure it has locked into position.
ION
UP-SHIFT LIGHT
The vehicle may have an up-shift light.
When this light comes on, shift to the
next higher gear if weather, road, and
traffic conditions allow.
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