Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy - Pontiac 2010 Vibe Owner's Manual

2-20 Seats and Restraints
Push down on the release button
and move the height adjuster to the
desired position. The adjuster can be
moved up by pushing on the front of
the height adjuster.
After the adjuster is set to the
desired position, try to move it down
without pushing the button to make
sure it has locked into position.
Safety Belt Pretensioners
This vehicle has safety belt
pretensioners for the front outboard
occupants. Although the safety belt
pretensioners cannot be seen, they
are part of the safety belt assembly.
They can help tighten the safety belts
during the early stages of a moderate
to severe frontal and near frontal
crash if the threshold conditions
for pretensioner activation are met.
And, if the vehicle has side impact
airbags, safety belt pretensioners
can help tighten the safety belts in
a side crash.
If the passenger sensing system
detects that there is not a passenger
in the right front passenger position,
the safety belt pretensioner for
that position will not activate.
See Passenger Sensing System
on page 2-29.
Pretensioners work only once. If the
pretensioners activate in a crash,
they will need to be replaced, and
probably other new parts for your
safety belt system. See Replacing
Safety Belt System Parts After a
Crash on page 2-22.
Safety Belt Use During
Pregnancy
Safety belts work for everyone,
including pregnant women. Like all
occupants, they are more likely to be
seriously injured if they do not wear
safety belts.
A pregnant woman should wear a
lap-shoulder belt, and the lap portion
should be worn as low as possible,
below the rounding, throughout
the pregnancy.