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

seating position. Children 12 years old and
younger should always be properly restrained
in the rear seat.
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 extracted.
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
from the buckle and allow it to retract com-
pletely to disengage the Automatic Locking
Mode and activate the vehicle sensitive (emer-
gency) locking mode.
Seat Belt Pretensioners — If
Equipped
The seat belts for both front seating positions
may be equipped with pretensioning devices
that are designed to remove slack from the seat
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belt in the event of a collision. These devices
improve the performance of the seat belt by
assuring that the belt is tight about the occu-
pant 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 still must 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.
Supplemental Rear Impact Active
Head Restraints (AHR)
These head restraints are passive, deployable
components, and vehicles with this equipment
can not be readily identified by any markings,
only through visual inspection of the head re-
straint. The head restraint will be split in two
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halves, with the front half being soft foam and
trim, the back half being decorative plastic.
How the Active Head Restraints (AHR)
Work
The Occupant Restraint Controller (ORC) de-
termines whether the severity or type of rear
impact require the Active Head Restraints
(AHR) to deploy. In case of AHR deployment
both driver and front passenger seat AHR's will
be deployed.
When AHR's deploy during a rear impact, the
head restraint front half extends forward to
minimize the gap between the back of the head
and the AHR. This system is designed to help
prevent or reduce the extent of injuries the
driver and front passenger in certain types of
rear end impacts.
NOTE:
The Active Head Restraints (AHR) may or
may not deploy in the event of a front or side
impact. However if during a front impact, a
secondary rear impact occurs, the AHR may
deploy based on the severity and type of the
impact.
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