Front Seat Belt System
Caution: To help avoid personal injury from unrepaired crash damage to a restraint
system, perform the seat belt check for each seat belt system. Replace the
seat belt system if there is any doubt about the condition of system components.
• | The front seat belt system includes a driver and\or passenger
seat belt retractor and buckle. |
• | The driver's seat belt system, includes a seat belt switch in
the driver seat buckle which controls a reminder lamp and a tone alarm. When
the driver seat belt is buckled, the driver's door is closed, and the
ignition switch is turned ON, the following events will occur: |
- | The tone alarm will not operate. |
- | The reminder lamp will not operate. |
• | When the driver's seat belt is not buckled, the driver's door
is closed, and the ignition switch is in RUN, the following events will occur: |
- | The tone alarm will operate for 4 to 8 seconds and then
go OFF. |
- | The reminder lamp will operate for 20 seconds, until the driver
seat belt is buckled. |
- | Then the reminder lamp will flash for an additional 55 seconds
before going OFF. |
- | To diagnose a failure of the reminder lamp or the tone alarm, refer
to Audible Warnings System Check. |
Child Seat Restraint System
Caution: A child in a rear-facing child restraint can be seriously injured if the right-front
passengers air bag inflates. This is because the back of a rear-facing child restraint
would be very close to the inflating air bag. NEVER use a rear-facing child restraint
in this vehicle. If a forward-facing child restraint is suitable for your child, ALWAYS
move the front passenger seat as far back as it will go and then install the child
restraint. Be sure the child restraint position does not conflict with any additional
requirements provided by the manufacturer. For more information, refer
to the vehicle owners manual and the instruction that came with the child restraint.
The child seat may only be used in a forward facing seating
location. The child seat should be installed and secured according to the
manufacturer's directions. If the child seat has a top strap
it will need to be anchored. Refer to
Child Restraint Belt Tether Location
.
All vehicles are equipped with a dual-moad type retractor with emergency
and automatic locking features. The automatic locking feature is for restraint
of a child seat. The child seat can be secured by pulling the seat
belt all the way out to lock it. Then, tighten the seat belt around the
child seat.
If a child seat is to be used in the second seat position, a special
dealer-installed anchor must be used to anchor the child seat top strap. (This
only applies to the seats designed with the top strap provision and for
the vehicles sold in Canada). In order to assure the correct top strap
angle, the child seat is only to be used at the seating position for
witch the top strap anchor is installed.