Seat Belt Pretensioners — If Equipped; Enhanced Seat Belt Use Reminder System (Beltalert) - Jeep Grand Cherokee Owner's Manual

WARNING! (Continued)
• Failure to replace the belt and retractor
assembly could increase the risk of injury in
collisions.
Automatic Locking Retractors (ALR)
Mode — If Equipped
In this mode, the shoulder belt is automatically
pre-locked. The belt will still retract to remove
any slack in the shoulder belt.
When to Use the Automatic Locking Mode
Use the Automatic Locking Mode anytime a
child safety seat is installed in the rear center
seating position. Children 12 years old and
younger should be properly restrained in the
rear seat whenever possible.
How to Use the Automatic Locking Mode
1. Buckle the combination lap and shoulder
belt.
2. Grasp the shoulder portion and pull down-
ward until the entire belt is fully extended.
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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 (Emergency) Locking mode.
Seat Belt Pretensioners — If
Equipped
The driver and front passenger seat belts may
be equipped with a pretensioning device that is
designed to remove any slack from the seat
belt systems in the event of a collision. This
device improves the performance of the seat
belt by assuring that the belt is tight around the
occupant early 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 must still be worn snugly and
positioned properly.
The pretensioners are triggered by the Occu-
pant Restraint Controller (ORC). Like the air-
bags, the pretensioners are single use items.
After a collision deploys the airbags and/or
pretensioners, a deployed airbag and/or pre-
tensioner must be replaced immediately.
Enhanced Seat Belt Use Reminder
System (BeltAlert )
If the driver's seat belt has not been buckled
within 60 seconds of starting the vehicle and if
the vehicle speed is greater than 5 mph
(8 km/h), the BeltAlert will alert the driver to
buckle the seat belt. The driver should also
instruct all other occupants to buckle their seat
belts. Once the warning is triggered, the
BeltAlert will continue to chime and flash the
Seat Belt Reminder Light for 96 seconds or until
the driver's seat belt is buckled. The BeltAlert
will be reactivated if the driver's seat belt is