Seating & Safety Restraints
CAUTION
Ensure that no persons or objects will be trapped when adjust
ing the seat.
Seat Belts
Seat belts provide important safety and comfort for the driver
and passengers and have proven to be the single most effective
safety device in reducing the risk of death or injury in a crash.
Notwithstanding any laws requiring their use, the seat belts
should be worn at all times, no matter how short the journey. It
is the driver’s responsibility to ensure that any children travelling
in the car are correctly seated and restrained.
Seat belt tell tale
As a reminder to fasten the seat belts, the seat belt tell tale
in the instrument cluster will flash red for about six seconds
following ignition switch on, accompanied, if the driver’s belt is
not fastened, by an intermittent audible tone. Thereafter, if the
driver’s belt remains unfastened, the lamp will light continuously,
but if vehicle speed should exceed 15 mph (25 km/h) the lamp
will flash, accompanied by a beeping tone for a period of two
minutes (except Japan), unless curtailed by a speed reduction
below 10 mph (15 km/h) before this time.
Inertia reel seatbelts
The standard fitment inertia reel seat belts allow forward
movement of the upper body under normal driving conditions,
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