Restraint System
Seat belts are the primary means of occupant restraint. Seat belts help
to keep the occupant inside the passenger compartment and to endure the crash
forces more gradually during the following events:
| • | Frontal impact type crashes |
| • | Rear impact type crashes |
| • | Side impact type crashes |
All seat belt retractors have two independent sensors that detect webbing
and vehicle motion. During normal operation, the retractors remain unlocked
to allow free movement of the occupant's upper body under normal driving
conditions. The seat belt webbing is locked into position by the appropriate
sensing mechanism under the following conditions:
| • | The rapid extraction of the seat belt webbing from the retractor. |
| • | The speed of the vehicle changes abruptly. |
| • | The direction of the vehicle changes abruptly. |
| • | The vehicle is on a steep upgrade or downgrade. |
When the seat belt webbing is locked, the spool of the retractor is
engaged with the retractor frame.
In conjunction with the seat belts, this vehicle is equipped with a
supplemental inflatable restraint (SIR) System. Refer to supplemental inflatable
restraint (SIR) System in Restraints for more information about the SIR
(air bag) System.
Front Seat System
The front seat belt system includes the following components:
| • | The driver and passenger seat retractor side belts |
| | The driver and passenger seat retractor side belts are attached to the
rocker panel. |
| • | The driver seat buckle side belt |
| | The driver seat buckle side belt is attached to the driver seat frame. |
| • | The passenger seat buckle side belt |
| | The passenger seat buckle side belt is attached to the floor pan. |
The driver's seat belt system includes a seat belt switch in the driver
seat buckle side belt. The seat belt switch controls a reminder lamp and a
tone alarm. When the driver's seat belt is buckled, the driver's door is
closed, and the ignition switch is turned ON the following events will occur:
| • | The tone alarm will not operate. |
| • | The reminder lamp will not operate. |
When the driver's seat belt is not buckled, the driver's door is closed,
and the ignition switch is turned ON, the following events will occur:
| • | The tone alarm will operate for 4 to 8 seconds and then
go OFF. |
| • | The reminder lamp will operate for 20 seconds, then the
reminder lamp will flash for an additional 55 seconds before going OFF. |
Refer to Audible Warning Chime Cell 76 in Electrical Diagnosis in order
to diagnose a failure of the reminder tone alarm.
Refer to instrument panel cluster (IPC) microprocessor in order to diagnose
a failure of the reminder lamp.
Rear Seat System
The rear seat belt system includes the following components:
| • | The rear seat retractor-side belt |
| | The rear seat retractor-side belt is attached to the rear window shelf. |
| • | The rear seat center belt |
| | The rear seat center belt is attached to the floor pan. |
Child Restraint
Caution: A child in a rear-facing child restraint can be seriously injured if
the right-front passenger's air bag inflates. This is because the back of
a rear-facing child restraint would be very close to the inflating air bag.
It is always better to secure a child restraint in the rear seat. If a forward-facing
child seat is suitable for your child, ALWAYS move the front passenger seat
as far back as it will go and then install the child restraint. Be sure the
child restraint position does not conflict with any additional requirements
provided by the manufacturer. For more information, refer to the vehicle owner's
manual and the instructions that came with the child restraint.
Install and secure the child seat according to the manufacturer's
instructions.
Anchor the child seat if the child seat has a top strap. Refer to
Child Restraint Belt Tether Location
.
Passengers should not sit at locations where the seat belts are being
used to secure the child seat.
