Toyota 2002 Echo Owner's Manual page 40

CAUTION
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Both high–positioned lap belts and
loose–fitting belts could increase
the chance of injury due to sliding
under the lap belt during an acci-
dent or other unintended
Keep the lap belt as low on your
hips as possible.
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For your safety, do not place the
shoulder belt under your arm.
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result.
To release the belt, press the buckle–re-
lease button and allow the belt to re-
tract.
If the belt does not retract smoothly, pull
it out and check for kinks or twists. Then
make sure it remains untwisted as it re-
tracts.
2002 ECHO (OM52463U)
2002MY ECHO (U) L/O0109
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REAR CENTER
FOLD–DOWN SEAT)
The rear center seat belt is a 3–point type
restraint with 2 buckles. Both seat belt
buckles must be correctly located and se-
curely latched for proper operation
Make sure the buckle 1 (with light gray
buckle–release button) is securely latched
for ready use of the center seat belt.
The buckle 1 should be separated only
when the rear left seatback is folded
down, if the luggage loaded in the en-
larged trunk will damage the webbing of
the rear center seat belt. (See "Fold–down
rear seat" in this section for the instruc-
tion of how to correctly connect the seat
belt.)
SEAT BELT (WITH
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