General Information

CAUTION: To help avoid personal injury from unrepaired crash damage to a restraint system:
^ Replace each seat belt system worn during a crash unless the crash was minor.
^ Perform the seat belt check for each seat belt system. Replace the seat belt system If there is any doubt about the condition of system components.

This vehicle comes equipped with three-point safety belts for all five seating positions. All except the rear center seat feature five-point height adjustment and, all but the left front belt, have a clinching retractor making it easy to install a child safety seat. The front seat belt system features belt pyrotechnic pretensioners and web locks, which improve the effectiveness of the belts and air bags by keeping the occupants firmly in place during the first critical milliseconds of a collision. The seat belt pretensioners compensate for any slack in the seat belts by pulling the belts snug the instant a crash occurs. The same sensors that activate the vehicle's air bags also fire a tiny pyrotechnic charge in each pretensioner. Gas from the charge pushes a piston forward. This motion can remove over six inches of slack from the belt. A yellow flag pops up indicating that the pretensioner was activated. Once activated, the pretensioner must be replaced. To further protect the front seat occupants, web locks in the belt retractors stop sudden movement of the belts by pulling slack out of reels. A sudden pull on the belt moves the take-up reel upward, where it pushes a pair of wedges into a triangular slot, grabbing the belt tight.