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safety belt retractors
Every safety be
lt
is equ ipped
wit
h an automatic
be lt retractor on the shoulder belt. Th is feature
locks the belt when the belt is pulled out fast,
during hard braking and in an accident. The belt
may also lock when you drive up or down a steep
hill or through a sharp curve. During normal driv-
ing the belt lets you move freely
.
Safet
y be
lt
pretensioners
The safety belts are equipped with a belt preten-
sioner that helps to tighten the safety belt and
remove slack when the pretensioner is activated.
The funct ion of the pretensioner is monitored by
a warning light
r::>
page 19
.
Convertible
locking retractor
Every safety belt except the one on the driver
seat is equipped with a convertible locking retrac-
tor that
must
be used when the safety belt is
used to attach a child safety seat. Be sure to read
the important information about this feature
r::;,
page 160.
&
WARNING
Improperly posit ioned safety be lts ca
n
cause
ser ious injury
in
an accide nt
r::;,
page 125,
Safe ty belt position.
-
Safety belts offer optimum protection only
when the seatback is upr ight and belts are
prope rly pos itioned on the body.
-
Never
at
tac
h
the safety belt to
t
he buckle
for ano
t
her sea
t
.
Attaching the bel
t
to the
wrong buckle will red uce safety bel
t
effec-
tiveness and can cause serious persona
l in-
jury
.
- A passenger who is
not
properly restrained
can be se riously injured by the safety be lt it-
self when it moves from the stronger parts
of the body into critical areas like the abdo-
men
.
-
Always lock the convertible locking retractor
when you are secur ing a child safety seat in
the vehicle
r::>
page 162.
Safet
y
bel
ts
Safety belt position
Correct belt position is the key to getting maxi-
mum protection from safety belts
.
Fig.
128
Safety
belt
posit
ion
Standard features on your vehicle help you adjust
the position of the safety belt to match your body
size.
-
he ight-adj ustable fro
nt
seats.
&
WARNING
Imp roper ly positioned safety belts can ca use
serious personal injury in an accident.
-
The shou lder belt should lie as close to
t
he
center of the collar bone as possib le and
should fit well on the body
.
Hold the belt
above the latch tongue and pull it evenly
across the chest so that it sits as low as pos-
sible on the pelvis and there is no pressure
on the abdomen. The belt should a lways fit
snug ly
r::;,
fig. 128
.
Pull on the belt to tighten
if necessary.
- The lap belt portion of the safety belt must
be posi
t
ioned as low as poss ible across pel-
vis and neve
r
ove
r
the ab domen
.
Make s ure
the bel
t
lies fla
t
a nd sn ug r::;,fig. 128
.
Pull on
the bel
t
to tig hte
n
if necessary.
-
A loose-fitting safety belt can cause serious
injur ies
by s
hift
ing its posi
t
ion on your body
from the stro ng bones
t
o more vulnerab le,
soft tissue and cause se rious injury.
-
Always read and hee
d
all WARNINGS an
d
other impor
t
ant informat ion
r::;,
page 123.
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