Essential
Safety Equipment
2-15
WARNING
Wearing the Lap Belt:
A
l
a
p b
el
t w
or
n t
o
o h
ig
h c
a
n b
e
d
an-
gerous. In a collision, this would
concentrate
t
h
e i
mpac
t f
orce
d
irectly
o
n t
h
e a
bdomina
l a
rea
, c
ausin
g s
eri-
ous injury. Wear the lap belt snugly
and as low as possible.
J How
to Untwist or Unjam a
Seat Belt Retractor
If
you should jam the lap belt retractor by
allowing the belt to retract when it is
twisted, you can free the webbing with
this procedure:
1. Pull on the belt with both hands to
tighten it on the retractor spool.
2. Feed the belt back into the retractor
until
i
t i
s
c
ompletel
y r
etracted
. R
epeat
previous step if necessary.
3. Pull
the belt
out of its holder as far as
it will go and untwist the belt or
remove
the object that is jamming the
belt. Let the belt retract.
4. Then,
pull the belt out and
let it retract
several times to make sure that the
belt works properly.
J Procedure t
o C
orrec
t a T
wisted
Sea
t B
el
t a
t th
e D
-Ring
1. Grasp
the belt webbing at the D-ring.
(Wire type shown—vehicles with
other
types of D-rings also af
fected.)
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