Seat Belt Pretensioners - If Equipped; Supplemental Rear Impact Active Head Restraints (Ahr) - Jeep Patriot 2010 Owner's Manual

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3. Allow the belt to retract. As the belt retracts, you will
hear a clicking sound. This indicates the safety belt is
now in the Automatic Locking Mode.
How to Disengage the Automatic Locking Mode
Disconnect the combination lap/shoulder belt and allow
it to retract completely to disengage the Automatic
Locking Mode and activate the Vehicle Sensitive (Emer-
gency) Locking mode.
Seat Belt Pretensioners — If Equipped
The driver and front passenger's seat belts are equipped
with pretensioning devices that are designed to auto-
matically remove any slack from the seat belts in the
event of a collision. These devices improve the perfor-
mance of the seat belt system by assuring that the belt is
tight about the occupant in a collision. Pretensioners
work for all size occupants, including those in child
restraints.
NOTE: These devices are not a substitute for proper seat
belt placement by the occupant. The seat belt still must be
worn snugly and positioned properly.
The pretensioners are triggered by the Occupant Re-
straint Controller (ORC) (refer to information on Airbags
in this section). Like the airbags, the pretensioners are
single use items. After a collision that is severe enough to
deploy the airbags and pretensioners, both must be
replaced.
Supplemental Rear Impact Active Head Restraints
(AHR)
These head restraints are passive, deployable compo-
nents, and vehicles with this equipment can not be
readily identified by any markings, only through visual
inspection of the head restraint. The head restraint will be
split in two halves, with the front half being soft foam
and trim, the back half being decorative plastic.