Seating and Safety Restraints
Safety belt pretensioner
Your vehicle is equipped with safety belt pretensioners at the driver and
right front passenger seating positions.
The safety belt pretensioner removes some slack from the safety belt
system at the start of a crash. The safety belt pretensioner uses the
same crash sensor system as the front airbags and optional Safety
Canopy
system. When the safety belt pretensioner deploys, the lap and
shoulder belt are tightened.
When the optional Safety Canopy
activated, the safety belt pretensioners for the driver and right front
passenger seating positions will be activated when the respective seatbelt
is properly buckled.
The driver and the right front passenger seat belt system
(including retractors, buckles and height adjusters) must be
replaced if the vehicle is involved in a collision that results in
deployment of front air bags or Safety Canopy
pretensioners.
Refer to the Safety belt maintenance section in this chapter.
Safety belt warning light and indicator chime
The seat belt warning light illuminates in the instrument cluster and a
chime sounds to remind the occupants to fasten their safety belts.
Conditions of operation
If...
The driver's safety belt is not
buckled before the ignition switch
is turned to the ON position...
The driver's safety belt is buckled
while the indicator light is
illuminated and the warning
chime is sounding...
The driver's safety belt is buckled
before the ignition switch is
turned to the ON position...
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system and/or the front airbags are
and safety belt
Then...
The safety belt warning light
illuminates 1-2 minutes and the
warning chime sounds 4-8 seconds.
The safety belt warning light and
warning chime turn off.
The safety belt warning light and
indicator chime remain off.