Restraint System
Seat belts are the primary means of occupant restraint.
Seat belts help to keep the occupant inside the passenger compartment
and to gradually reduce the crash forces during the following events:
| • | Frontal impact type crashes |
| • | Rear impact type crashes |
| • | Side impact type crashes |
All seat belts have emergency locks in the retractors. The retractors
remain unlocked during normal operation. The retractors remain unlocked under
normal driving conditions in order allow free movement of the upper body of
the occupant.
A pendulum locks the seat belt webbing into position. The pendulum causes
a locking bar to engage a cog on the spool of the retractor mechanism when
the following actions occur:
| • | Rapid extraction of the seat belt webbing from the retractor |
| • | An abrupt change in vehicle speed |
| • | An abrupt change in vehicle direction |
| • | Operation of the vehicle on a steep upgrade |
| • | Operation of the vehicle on a steep downgrade |
This vehicle is equipped with a Supplemental Inflatable Restraint (SIR)
System in addition to the seat belts. Refer to SIR in Restraints for more
information.
Front Seat System
The front seat belt system on the Oldsmobile includes the following
components:
| • | The front seat belt retractor |
| | The front seat belt retractor is attached to the rocker with a bolt. |
| • | The front seat belt guide loop |
| | The front seat belt guide loop is attached to the upper center pillar
with a bolt. |
| • | The buckle end of the front seat belt |
| | The buckle end of the front seat belt is attached to the floor pan with
a bolt. |
The front seat belt system on the Buick includes the following components:
| • | The front seat shoulder belt retractor |
| | The front seat shoulder belt retractor is attached to the quarter inner
panel with a bolt. |
| • | The front seat belt guide loop |
| | The front seat belt guide loop is attached to the upper pillar with
a bolt. |
| • | The front seat lap belt retractor |
| | The front seat lap belt retractor is attached to the rocker inner panel
with a bolt. |
| • | The center occupant belt |
| | The center occupant belt is attached to the floor pan on the seat rail. |
The driver's seat belt system includes a seat belt switch in the driver's
seat buckle-side belt. The seat belt switch controls a reminder lamp and a
tone alarm. The tone lamp and the reminder lamp will not operate when the
following conditions exist:
| • | The driver's seat belt is buckled |
| • | The driver's door is closed |
| • | The ignition switch is turned ON |
When the driver's door is closed and the ignition switch is turned ON,
but the driver's seat belt is not buckled, the following events will occur:
| • | The tone alarm will operate for 4-8 seconds and then go
OFF. |
| • | The reminder lamp will operate for 60-90 seconds and then
go OFF. |
Refer to Electrical Diagnosis in order to diagnose a malfunction of
the reminder lamp or the tone alarm.
Center Seat System
The center belt system includes the following components:
| • | The rear seat center belt buckle |
| | The rear seat center belt buckle is attached to the floor pan with a
nut. |
| | The latch is on the right side. |
| | The buckle is on the left side. |
| • | The rear seat shoulder belt retractor |
| | The rear seat shoulder belt retractor is attached to the rear window
panel with a bolt. |
| • | The rear seat outer belt anchor |
| | The rear seat outer belt anchor is attached to the floor pan with a
bolt. |
