Front Seat Belt System Operation
Caution: To help avoid personal injury from unrepaired crash damage to a restraint
system, 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.
- The front seat belt system includes a driver and\or passenger
seat belt retractor and buckle.
- The LF seat belt system, includes a seat belt switch in the LF
seat buckle which controls a fasten safety belts indicator and a tone alarm.
When the LF seat belt is buckled, the LF door closed, and the ignition switch
is in the ON position, the following events occur:
• | The tone alarm will not operate. |
• | The fasten safety belts indicator will not operate. |
- When the LF seat belt is not buckled, the LF door closed, and
the ignition switch is in the RUN position, the following events will occur:
• | The tone alarm will operate for 4 to 8 seconds and then
turn OFF. |
• | The fasten safety belts indicator will operate for 20 seconds,
until the LF seat belt is buckled. |
• | Then the fasten safety belts indicator will flash for an additional
55 seconds before turning OFF. |
• | To diagnose a failure of the fasten safety belts indicator refer to
Symptoms - Seat Belts
or the tone alarm, refer
to Audible Warnings in Instrument Panel, Gages and Console. |
Child Seat Restraint System
Caution: A child in a rear-facing child restraint can be seriously injured if the right-front
passengers air bag inflates. This is because the back of a rear-facing child restraint
would be very close to the inflating air bag. NEVER use a rear-facing child restraint
in this vehicle. If a forward-facing child restraint 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 owners manual and the instruction that came with the child restraint.
The child seat may only be used in a forward facing seating
location. The child seat should be installed and secured according to the
manufacturer's directions. If the child seat has a top strap it will need
to be anchored. Refer to
Child Restraint Tether Anchor
.
All vehicles are equipped with a dual-mode type retractor with emergency
and automatic locking features. The automatic locking feature is for restraint
of a child seat. The child seat can be secured by pulling the seat belt all
the way out to lock it. Then, tighten the seat belt around the child seat.
If a child seat is to be used in the second seat position, a special
dealer-installed anchor must be used to anchor the child seat top strap. (This
only applies to the seats designed with the top strap provision and for the
vehicles sold in Canada). In order to assure the correct top strap angle,
the child seat is only to be used at the seating position for witch the top
strap anchor is installed.
Seat Belt System Circuit Description
The fasten safety belts indicator will illuminate when the following
conditions occur simultaneously:
• | The ignition switch is in one of the following positions: |
• | The LF safety belt is not fastened. |
The audio fasten safety belt warning alarm, located within the body
control module (BCM), also incorporates an indicator within the instrument
panel cluster (IPC). The fasten safety belt indicator works in conjunction
with the fasten safety belt warning alarm. When the BCM receives a signal
that the LF safety belt is unfastened, the BCM sends a signal to the IPC to
command ON the fasten safety belt indicator.