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Safety and Security
Occupant safety
Enhanced seat belt reminder system
When the engine is started, the seat belt
telltale < will always illuminate for
6 seconds to remind you and your pas-
sengers to fasten your seat belts.
If the driver’s seat belt is not fastened
when the engine is started, an additional
warning chime will also sound for a max-
imum of 6 seconds or until the driver’ s
seat belt is fastened.
If after these 6 seconds the driver’s or the
front passenger’s seat belt (with the
front passenger seat occupied) is not fas-
tened with front doors closed,
앫 the seat belt telltale < remains il-
luminated for as long as either the
driver’s or front passenger’s seat belt
is not fastened.
앫 and if the vehicle speed once exceeds
15 mph (25 km/h), the seat belt
telltale < starts flashing and a
warning chime sounds with increas-
ing intensity for a maximum of
60 seconds or until the driver’s and
the front passenger’s seat belt are
fastened.
If you and/or your passenger release
the seat belt during driving, the seat
belt telltale < starts flashing and
the warning chime sounds.
If the driver’s or the front passenger’s
seat belt remains unfastened after
60 seconds, the warning chime stops
sounding, the seat belt telltale <
stops flashing but continues to be il-
luminated.
After a vehicle standstill the warning
chime is reactivated and the seat belt
telltale < is flashing again if the
vehicle speed once exceeds 15 mph
(25 km/h).
The seat belt telltale < will only go
out if both the driver’s and front passen-
ger’s seat belt (with the front passenger
seat occupied) are fastened, or the vehi-
cle is standing still and a front door is
opened.
For more information, see “Practical
hints” (
컄 page 357).
앫 Never wear the shoulder belt under
your arm, against your neck or off your
shoulder. In a crash, your body would
move too far forward. That would in-
crease the chance of head and neck in-
juries. The shoulder belt would also
apply too much force to the ribs or ab-
domen, which could severely injure in-
ternal organs such as your liver or
spleen.
앫 Never wear seat belts over rigid or
breakable objects in or on your cloth-
ing, such as eyeglasses, pens, keys, etc.,
as these might cause injuries.
앫 Position the lap belt as low as possible
on your hips and not across the abdo-
men. If the lap belt is positioned across
your abdomen, it could cause serious
injuries in a crash.
앫 Never use a seat belt for more than
one person at a time. Do not fasten a
seat belt around a person and another
person or other objects.
앫 Seat belts should not be worn twisted.
In a crash, you wouldn’t have the full
width of the seat belt to manage im-
pact forces. The twisted seat belt
against your body could cause injuries.
컄컄
앫 Pregnant women should also always
use a lap-shoulder belt. The lap belt
portion should be positioned as low as
possible on the hips to avoid any possi-
ble pressure on the abdomen.
앫 Never place your feet on the instru-
ment panel, dashboard or on the seat.
Always keep both feet on the floor in
front of the seat.
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