Toyota 2008 Rav4 Owner's Manual page 70

—Seat belt extender
If your seat belts cannot be fastened se-
curely because they are not long enough,
a personalized seat belt extender is avail-
able from your Toyota dealer
charge.
Please contact your local Toyota dealer to
order the proper required length for the
extender. Bring the heaviest coat you ex-
pect to wear for proper measurement and
selection of length. Additional ordering in-
formation is available at your Toyota deal-
er.
CAUTION
When using the seat belt extender,
observe the following precautions.
Failure to follow these instructions
could reduce the effectiveness of the
seat belt restraint system in case of
an accident, increasing the chance of
death or serious injury.
Remember that the extender pro-
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vided for you may not be safe when
used on a different vehicle,
another person, or at a different
seating position than the one origi-
nally intended.
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free of
If the seat belt extender has been
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connected to the driver's seat belt
buckle without wearing the seat belt
when using the extender
driver's seat, the SRS driver's air-
bag system will judge that the driv-
er wears the seat belt even if not
wearing it. In this case, the driver's
airbag may not activate correctly,
causing death or serious injury in
for the event of collision. Be sure to
wear the seat belt with the seat belt
extender.
'08 Rav4_U (L/O 0802)
Make sure
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indicator light is illuminated when
using the seat belt extender for the
front passenger seat. If the "AIR
BAG OFF"
illuminated, disconnect the extender
tongue from the seat belt buckle,
then reconnect
Reconnect the seat belt extender
after making sure the "AIR BAG
ON" indicator light is illuminated. If
you use
while the "AIR BAG OFF" indicator
light is
passenger airbag and side airbag
on the front passenger side may
not activate correctly, causing death
or serious injury in the event of
in the
collision.
Be sure to wear the seat belt with-
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out the seat belt extender if you
can fasten the seat belt without the
extender.
2008 RAV4 from Feb. '08 Prod. (OM42726U)
the "AIR BAG ON"
indicator light is
the seat belt.
the seat belt extender
illuminated, the front