Pontiac 2006 Vibe Owner's Manual page 31

Safety Belt Pretensioners
Your vehicle has safety belt pretensioners. Although
you cannot see them, they are located on the retractor
part of the safety belts for the driver and right front
passenger. They help the safety belts reduce a person's
forward movement in a moderate to severe frontal or
near frontal 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 1-59.
Pretensioners work only once. If they activate in a
crash, you will need to get new ones, and probably other
new parts for your safety belt system. See Replacing
Restraint System Parts After a Crash on page 1-67.
Safety Belt Extender
If the vehicle's safety belt will fasten around you,
you should use it.
But if a safety belt is not long enough, your dealer
will order you an extender. It is free. When you go
in to order it, take the heaviest coat you will wear,
so the extender will be long enough for you.
To help avoid personal injury, do not let someone else
use it, and use it only for the seat it is made to fit.
The extender has been designed for adults. Never use
it for securing child seats. To wear it, just attach it to
the regular safety belt. For more information see
the instruction sheet that comes with the extender.
Always disconnect the extender from the safety belt after
you use it so that the airbag will work properly the
next time someone uses that seat.
When you use a safety belt extender in the right front
passenger's seat, make sure the passenger airbag status
indicator shows "ON". See Passenger Airbag Status
Indicator on page 3-29. If the indicator shows "OFF",
disconnect the extender's latch from the buckle then
reconnect the safety belt. Make sure the indicator light
shows "ON", then reconnect the safety belt extender. If
you use the safety belt extender while the indicator light
shows "OFF", the right front passenger's frontal and
seat-mounted side impact airbags (if equipped) may not
activate correctly. See Airbag System on page 1-49 for
important safety information about your airbags.
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