Seating and Safety Restraints
Afteranyvehiclecollision,thecombinationlapandshoulderbelt
systematallpassengerseatingpositionsmustbecheckedbyan
authorizeddealertoverifythatthe“automaticlockingretractor”
featureforchildseatsisstillfunctioningproperly,inadditiontoother
checksforpropersafetybeltsystemfunction.
BELTANDRETRACTORASSEMBLYMUSTBEREPLACEDif
thesafetybeltassembly“automaticlockingretractor”featureor
anyothersafetybeltfunctionisnotoperatingproperly.Inaddition,all
safetybeltsshouldbecheckedforproperfunction.Failuretoreplace
thebeltandretractorassemblycouldincreasetheriskofinjuryin
collisions.
Safety belt pretensioner
Yourvehicleisequippedwithsafetybeltpretensionersatthedriverand
rightfrontpassengerseatingpositions.
Thesafetybeltpretensionertightensthesafetybeltsfirmlyagainstthe
occupant’sbodyatthestartofthecrash.
WhentheSafetyCanopy™system,seat-mountedsideairbags,and/orthe
frontairbagsareactivated,thesafetybeltpretensionersforthedriver
andrightfrontpassengerseatingpositionswillbeactivatedwhenthe
respectiveseatbeltisproperlybuckled.
Thedriverandfrontpassengersafetybeltsystem(including
retractors,bucklesandheightadjusters)mustbereplacedifthe
vehicleisinvolvedinacollisionthatresultsindeploymentoffront
airbags,seat-mountedsideairbagsandSafetyCanopy™,andsafety
beltpretensioners.
RefertotheSafetybeltmaintenancesectioninthischapter.
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