Additional Information About Your Seat Belts; Seat Belt System Components - Honda Civic Owner's Manual

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Additional Information About Your Seat Belts

Seat Belt System Components

Your seat belt system includes lap/
shoulder belts in all five seating
positions. The front seat belts are
also equipped with automatic seat
belt tensioners.
The seat belt system
includes an indicator on the
instrument panel and a beeper to
remind you and your passengers to
fasten your seat belts.
This system monitors the seat belts
in all seating positions.
If you turn the ignition switch to the
ON (II) position before your seat
belt is fastened, the beeper will
sound and the indicator will flash. If
your seat belt is not fastened before
the beeper stops, the indicator will
stop flashing but remain on.
If a front passenger does not fasten
their seat belt, the indicator will
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come on about 6 seconds after the
ignition switch is turned to the ON
(II) position.
If either the driver or a front
passenger does not fasten their seat
belt while driving, the beeper will
sound and the indicator will flash
again at regular intervals.
When no one is sitting in the front
passenger's seat, or a child or small
adult is riding there, the indicator
should not come on and the beeper
should not sound.
You will also see a symbol ''
(for a driver)/'' '' (for a front
passenger), or a ''FASTEN SEAT
BELT'' or ''PASSENGER FASTEN
SEAT BELT'' message with a
symbol in the multi-information
display to remind you and your
passengers to fasten your seat belts.
The seat belt system also monitors
the seat belt use of all three rear
seating positions according to each
seat belt buckle latch function. The
multi-information display will show
you the seat belt use on the rear seat
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The front passenger's seat belt use
monitoring system uses the occupant
detection sensor in the front
passenger's seat. The system may
not work properly under these
conditions:
You place heavy items on the front
'' passenger's seat.
You place a cushion on the front
passenger's seat.
The front passenger is not sitting
properly.