Seating and Safety Restraints
Frontoutboardsafetybeltpretensioners
Thesafetybeltpretensionersatthefrontoutboardseatingpositionsare
designedtotightenthesafetybeltsfirmlyagainsttheoccupant’sbody
duringfrontalcollisions,andinsidecollisionswhenthesideaircurtain
systemactivates.Thishelpsincreasetheeffectivenessofthesafetybelts.
Infrontalcollisions,thesafetybeltpretensionerscanbeactivatedalone
or,ifthecollisionisofsufficientseverity,togetherwiththefrontairbags.
Frontoutboardsafetybeltenergymanagementretractors
Thefrontsafetybeltenergymanagementretractorsallowwebbingtobe
pulledoutoftheretractorinagradualandcontrolledmannerin
responsetotheoccupant’sforwardmomentum.Thishelpsreducethe
riskofforce-relatedinjuriestotheoccupant’schestbylimitingtheload
ontheoccupant.RefertotheEnergymanagementfeaturesectionin
thischapter.
DeterminingifthePersonalSafetySystem™isoperational
ThePersonalSafetySystem™usesawarninglightintheinstrument
clusteroraback-uptonetoindicatetheconditionofthesystem.Refer
totheWarninglightsandchimessectionintheInstrumentCluster
chapter.RoutinemaintenanceofthePersonalSafetySystem™isnot
required.
TheRestraintsControlModule(RCM)monitorsitsowninternalcircuits
andthecircuitsfortheairbagsupplementalrestraints,crashsensor(s),
safetybeltpretensioners,frontsafetybeltbucklesensors,front
passengersensingsystem,andthedriverseatpositionsensor.In
addition,theRCMalsomonitorstherestraintswarninglightinthe
instrumentcluster.Adifficultywiththesystemisindicatedbyoneor
moreofthefollowing.
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Thewarninglightwilleitherflashorstaylit.
Thewarninglightwillnotilluminateimmediatelyafterignitionis
turnedon.
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Aseriesoffivebeepswillbeheard.Thetonepatternwillrepeat
periodicallyuntiltheproblemandwarninglightarerepaired.
Ifanyofthesethingshappen,evenintermittently,havethePersonal
SafetySystem™servicedatanauthorizeddealerimmediately.Unless
serviced,thesystemmaynotfunctionproperlyintheeventofa
collision.
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