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Essential Safety
Equipment
I
[roni
Seat
Belt
Pr€tensioner and
Load
Limiting
SJstems
For oprimum protection,
the
driver
and
front
passenger
seat
belts
are
equipped
with
pretensioner
and
load
limiting
In
moderute
or
greai€r
frontal
or
near-frontal
accidents,
the
froni
air bag
and
pretensioner sysiems
deploy
simulianeously. The preiensioners take
up slack
in
the
front
seat
belts
as
ihe
air
bags are
expanding. The load
limiring
systen
releases
belt webbing in
a
controlled
manner
1o
reduce
beit
force on
the
occupan!'s
chest.
Awtnuwe
I
nc
o
ne
ct
P
ositioni
seltlLLDlb3!
and
Front
Passenger
Seat
BeI^:
Incofiect
posi.tioning
ofthe
d
'er
and
front
passenger
seat behs
is
da
ge.ous.
lryithout
pmryr
positioning,
the
front
pretensioner
and
load
liniting
systems
.Mnot
provide
a.Ieq
ate
pfttection
in
an
a.cident
and this
coud
result
itl
senous
injury.
Wear
seat
belts
onlr
as
recommended
in
this
orjner's
Awnnumc
Modilicarion
or resnng of the
Pntensioner
S!stem:
Modihing
the
components or
wiing
of
the
pretensioner
srstem,
i
cluding
the
use
of electronic
testi
g
derices is
dangercus.
You
couw
accidenblr
actbate
il
or
make
it inoperablc
trhich
"'ould
Fevent
i1
fron
act
ating
in
an
accine
t.
Front
occupants
couu
be
seriouslr
injwed.
Neyer modify
the
compo
ents
or
vinng,
or
use
electrcnic
testi
g
deices
on
the
prctensinner
swkm,
2-tl
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