Black plate (15,1)
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Essential Safety Equipment
Use of safety equipment, including seats, seat belt system, child-restraint
systems and SRS air bags.
Seats ............................................................................................... 2-2
Front Seats (Manually Operated Seats) ................................... .. 2-2
Front Seats (Electrically Operated Seats) .................................. 2-4
Rear Seat .................................................................. ................. 2-9
Head Restraints ....................................................................... 2-12
Seat Warmer
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......................................................................... 2-14
Seat Belt Systems ........................................................................ 2-16
Seat Belt Precautions .............................................................. 2-16
Seat Belt ............................................... ................................... 2-20
Front Seat Belt Pretensioner and Load Limiting Systems ....... 2-22
Seat Belt Extender ................................................................... 2-24
Seat Belt Warning Light/Beep ................................................ 2-26
Child Restraint ............................................................. ............... 2-28
Child Restraint Precautions ..................................................... 2-28
Installing Child-Restraint Systems .......................................... 2-32
LATCH Child-Restraint Systems ............................................ 2-38
SRS Air Bags ............................................................................... 2-43
Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) Precautions ................ 2-43
Supplemental Restraint System Components ......................... 2-47
How the SRS Air Bags Work .................... .............................. 2-48
SRS Air Bag Deployment Criteria .......................................... 2-52
Limitations to SRS Air Bag .................................................... 2-53
Driver and Front Passenger Occupant Classification
System ....................................................... .............................. 2-55
Monitoring and Main tenance .................................................. 2-60
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