Lexus RX 450h Owner's Manual page 45

Seat belt pretensioners (front
seats and outboard second-row
seats)
Vehicles without front passenger

occupant classification system
The pretensioners help the seat belts to
quickly restrain the occupants by
retracting the seat belts when the vehi-
cle is subjected to certain types of
severe frontal or side collision.
The pretensioners do not activate in the
event of a minor frontal impact, a minor
side impact, a rear impact or a vehicle
rollover.
Vehicles with front passenger occu-

pant classification system
The pretensioners help the seat belts to
quickly restrain the occupants by
retracting the seat belts when the vehi-
cle is subjected to certain types of
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severe frontal or side collision or a
vehicle rollover.
The pretensioners do not activate in the
event of a minor frontal impact, a minor
side impact or a rear impact.
Replacing the belt after the
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pretensioner has been activated
If the vehicle is involved in multiple colli-
sions, the pretensioner will activate for the
first collision, but will not activate for the
second or subsequent collisions.
WARNING
Seat belt pretensioners
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Observe the following precautions to
reduce the risk of injury in the event of
sudden braking, sudden swerving or an
accident.
Failure to do so may cause death or seri-
ous injury.
Vehicles with front passenger occu-
●
pant classification system: Do not
place anything, such as a cushion, on
the front passenger's seat. Doing so
will disperse the passenger's weight,
which prevents the sensor from
detecting the passenger's weight
properly. As a result, the seat belt
pretensioner for the front passenger's
seat may not activate in the event of a
collision.
If the pretensioner has activated, the
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SRS warning light will come on. In that
case, the seat belt cannot be used
again and must be replaced at your
Lexus dealer.
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