Caution: Restraint systems can be damaged in a collision. To help avoid injury
and ensure that all parts in need of replacement are replaced:
| • | Replace any seat belt system that was in use during the collision
serious enough to deploy any automatic restraint device such as air bags
and seat belt pretensioners. This not only includes seat belt systems in
use by people of adult size, but seat belt systems used to secure child
restraints, infant carriers and booster seats, including LATCH system and
top tether anchorages. |
| • | Replace any seat belt system that has torn, worn, or damaged components.
This not only includes adult seat belt systems, but built-in child restraints
and LATCH system components, if any. |
| • | Replace any seat belt system if you observe the words "REPLACE"
or "CAUTION", or if a yellow tag is visible. Do not replace
a seat belt if only the child seat caution label is visible. |
| • | Replace any seat belt system if you are doubtful about its condition.
This not only includes adult seat belt systems, but built-in child restraints,
LATCH system components, and any restraint system used to secure infant carriers,
child restraints, and booster seats. |
This vehicle comes equipped with three-point safety belts
for all five seating positions. All except the rear center seat feature five-point
height adjustment and, all but the driver's belt, have a clinching retractor
making it easy to install a child safety seat. The front seat belt system
features belt pyrotechnic pretensioners and web locks, which improve the effectiveness
of the belts and air bags by keeping the occupants firmly in place during
the first critical milliseconds of a collision. The seat belt pretensioners
compensate for any slack in the seat belts by pulling the belts snug the instant
a crash occurs. The same sensors that activate the vehicle's air bags also
fire a tiny pyrotechnic charge in each pretensioner. Gas from the charge pushes
a piston forward. This motion can remove over six inches of slack from the
belt. A yellow flag pops up indicating that the pretensioner was activated.
Once activated, the pretensioner must be replaced. To further protect the
front seat occupants, web locks in the belt retractors stop sudden movement
of the belts by pulling slack out of reels. A sudden pull on the belt moves
the take-up reel upward, where it pushes a pair of wedges into a triangular
slot, grabbing the belt tight.
Front Seat Belt System
- To diagnose a failure of the reminder lamp or tone alarm, refer
to Wiring Systems. The front seat belt system includes the following components:
| • | The driver and\or passenger seat belt retractor is attached to
the center lock pillar and it is also equip with a shoulder seat belt height
adjuster. |
| • | The driver and\or passenger seat buckle with pretensionor are
attached to lower inner side of each front seat. |
- 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 until the driver seat belt is buckled. |
Rear Seat Belt System
The rear seat belt system includes the following components:
| • | The rear seat center buckles are attached to the floor panel inboard
of the rear seat. |
| • | The rear seat belt with retractor is attached to the upper quarter
panel and the upper rear panel. The outboard seat belts are equipped with
shoulder height adjusters. |
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 Tether Anchor
Passenger should not be allowed to sit at
locations where the seat belts are being used to secure the child seat.
