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Unfastening The Seat Belt
Depress the button on the seat belt buckle.
If the belt does not fully retract, pull it out
and check for kinks or twists. Then make
sure it remains untwisted as it retracts.
Latching/Unlatching The Seat Belt
1 — Seat Belt Release Button
NOTE:
If a belt does not fully retract, inspect it for
kinks and twists. If it is still not retracting
properly, have it inspected: contact an
authorized dealer.
Always wear the seat belt with it correctly
routed in its guide. Wearing a seat belt
without the seat belt routed in its guide is
dangerous because the seat belt would not
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be able to provide adequate protection in
an accident, which could result in serious
injury.
Seat Belt Routing Guides
1 — Shoulder Belt Routing Guides
Seat Belt Warning Systems
If it detects that the occupant seat belt is
unfastened, the warning light or beep alerts
the occupant.
Refer to "Warning Lights And Messages" in
"Getting To Knowing Your Instrument Panel"
for further information.
Refer to "Seat Belt Warning Light" in
"Getting To Knowing Your Instrument Panel"
for further information.
Driver And Passenger BeltAlert (If
Equipped)
Seat Belt Warning Systems
The LED on dashboard trim turns on if the
driver or passenger's seat is occupied and
the seat belt is not fastened with the ignition
cycled to on.
If the driver or passenger's seat belt is unfas-
tened (only when the passenger seat is occu-
pied) and the vehicle is driven at a speed
faster than about 12 mph (20 km/h), the
LED flashes. After a short time, the LED
stops flashing, but remains illuminated.
If a seat belt remains unfastened, the LED
flashes again for a given period of time. In
this case, fasten the seat belt.
Seat Belt Pretensioner
For optimum protection, the driver and
passenger seat belts are equipped with
pretensioner and load limiting systems. For
both these systems to work properly you
must wear the seat belt properly.
The seat belt pretensioners are designed to
deploy in moderate or severe frontal, near
frontal collisions. In addition, during a side
collision, the pretensioner operates on the
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