THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE STARTING YOUR VEHICLE
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Seat Belt Pretensioners
Enhanced Seat Belt Use Reminder System
(BeltAlert)
The seat belt assem blies for both front seating positions
are equ ipped with pretensioning devices that are de-
signed to rem ove slack from the seat belt in the event of
a collision. These devices improve the perform ance of the
seat belt by assu ring that the belt is tight abou t the
occupant early in a collision. Pretensioners are designed
to work for all size occupants.
If the driver’s seat belt has not been buckled within 60
second s of starting the vehicle and if the vehicle speed is 2
greater than 5 mph (8 km/ h), BeltAlert will alert the
driver or front passenger to buckle their seat belt. The
driver shou ld also instru ct all other occupants to buckle
their seat belts. Once the warning is triggered , BeltAlert
will continu e to chim e and flash the Seat Belt Warning
Light for 96 second s or until the driver’s seat belt is
buckled .
NOTE: These devices are not a substitu te for prop er seat
belt placem ent by the occupant. The seat belt still must be
worn snu gly and positioned prop erly.
BeltAlert will be reactivated if the driver’s or front
passenger’s seat belt is unbu ckled for more than 10
second s and the vehicle speed is greater than 5 mph (8
km/ h).
The pretensioners are triggered by the front airbag con-
trol module (see Airbag Section). Like the front airbags,
the pretensioners are single use item s. After a collision
that is severe enou gh to deploy the airbags and preten-
sioners, both must be rep laced .
BeltAlert can be enabled or disabled by you r authorized
dealer or by follow ing these step s:
| Categories | Chrysler Manuals, Chrysler Pacifica Manuals |
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| Model Year | 2008 |
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