Seating and Safety Restraints
Front seat belt usage sensors
Thefrontseatbeltusagesensorsdetectwhetherornotthedriverand
frontoutboardpassengerseatbeltsarefastened.Thisinformationallows
yourPersonalSafetySystem™totailortheairbagdeploymentandseat
beltpretensioneractivationdependinguponseatbeltusage.Referto
Safetyrestraintssectioninthischapter.
Front seat belt pretensioners
Theseatbeltpretensionersatthefrontoutboardseatingpositionsare
designedtotightentheseatbeltsfirmlyagainsttheoccupant’sbody
duringfrontalcollisions,andinsidecollisionsandrolloverswhenthe
vehicleisequippedwiththeside-curtainairbagsystem.Thishelps
increasetheeffectivenessoftheseatbelts.Infrontalcollisions,theseat
beltpretensionerscanbeactivatedaloneor,ifthecollisionisof
sufficientseverity,togetherwiththefrontairbags.
Seat belt load limiter
Thefrontandrearoutboardseatbeltloadlimiterallowswebbingtobe
pulledoutoftheretractorinagradualandcontrolledmannerin
responsetotheoccupant’sforwardmomentum.Thishelpsreducethe
riskofforce-relatedinjuriestotheoccupant’schestbylimitingtheload
ontheoccupant.RefertoLoadlimiterfeaturesectioninthischapter.
Determining if the Personal Safety System™ is operational
ThePersonalSafetySystem™usesawarninglightintheinstrument
clusteroraback-uptonetoindicatetheconditionofthesystem.Refer
totheWarninglightsectionintheInstrumentclusterchapter.Routine
maintenanceofthePersonalSafetySystem™isnotrequired.
TheRestraintscontrolmodule(RCM)monitorsitsowninternalcircuits
andthecircuitsfortheairbagsupplementalrestraints,crashsensor(s),
seatbeltpretensioners,frontseatbeltbucklesensors,driverseat
positionsensor,andfrontpassengersensingsystem.Inaddition,the
RCMalsomonitorstherestraintswarninglightintheinstrumentcluster.
Amalfunctionwiththesystemisindicatedbyoneormoreofthe
following.
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Thewarninglightwilleitherflashorstaylit.
Thewarninglightwillnotilluminateimmediatelyafterignitionis
turnedon.
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Aseriesoffivebeepswillbeheard.Thetonepatternwillrepeat
periodicallyuntiltheproblemandwarninglightarerepaired.
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2010
Tribute (j14)
Owners Guide, 1st Printing
USA (fus)
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