Restraint System
Seat belts are the primary means of occupant restraint.
Seat belts help keep occupants inside the passenger compartment and reduce impact forces.
All seat belt retractors have emergency locks. The retractors remain unlocked during normal driving conditions in order to allow free movement of the upper body of each passenger.
When the following driving conditions occur a pendulum causes a locking bar to engage a cog on the spool of the retractor mechanism:
| • | A rapid extraction of the seat belt webbing from the retractor. |
| • | An abrupt change in the vehicle speed. |
| • | An abrupt change in the vehicle direction. |
| • | Operation of the vehicle on a steep upgrade. |
| • | Operation of the vehicle on a steep downgrade. |
All seat belts, except for the driver seat belt, have an automatic locking feature, or a cinch feature. The cinch feature is recommended for securing a child seat. The cinch feature is activated when fully extending the seat belt from the retractor. Once
activated, the seat belt will retract, but cannot be extended again until the cinch feature is cancelled. The cinch feature is cancelled when the seat belt has been fully retracted.
This vehicle is equipped with a supplemental inflatable restraint (SIR) system.
Front Seat Belt System
The front seat belt system includes the following components:
| • | The driver and passenger seat belt buckles, attached to the inboard side of the seat frame. |
| • | The driver and passenger seat belt pretensioners. |
| • | The driver and passenger seat belt switches which are located in the seat belt buckles. |
Rear Seat Belt System
The rear seat belt system includes the following components:
| • | The rear seat belt retractors are located behind the upper quarter trim panel and is attached to the body panel. |
| • | The centre rear seat belt retractor is located under the rear shelf trim panel and is attached to the rear shelf body panel. |
| • | The right rear seat belt buckle is located in the centre of the rear seat cushion and is attached to the rear floor pan. |
| • | The centre rear seat belt buckle and the left rear seat belt buckle are located on the left halve of the seat cushion. The centre rear seat belt buckle and the left rear seat belt buckle are also attached to the rear floor pan. |
Seat Belt System Circuit Description
Both the driver and front passenger has seat belt status indicators in the instrument panel cluster (IPC). The indicators are controlled by the IPC at the request of the inflatable restraint sensing and diagnostic module (SDM). These seat belt status indicators,
when initiated, will illuminate for 20 seconds followed by 55 seconds of flashing. Visual warnings will be accompanied by 8 seconds of audio warning chimes.
The drivers seat belt status indicator will initiate a warning sequence when any of the following occurs:
| • | At the start of each ignition cycle when the drivers seat belt is unbuckled. |
| • | The drivers seat belt is unbuckled while the ignition is ON or while the engine running. |
| • | The drivers seat belt remains unbuckled and the vehicles speed is greater than 8 km/h (5 mph). |
| • | Three minutes after the previous seat belt status reminder while a speed of greater than 8 km/h (5 mph) is maintained. |
Important: The front passenger seat is equipped with an Active Occupant Sensing System (AOS) , which detects an occupant presence. If the AOS detects an empty front passenger seat, then the passenger seat belt status indicator will
be disable
The passenger seat belt status indicator will initiate a warning sequence when any of the following occurs:
| • | Twenty-five seconds after the ignition is switched ON and the front passenger seat belt is unbuckled with a passenger present. |
| • | The front passenger seat belt remains unbuckled with a passenger present and the vehicle speed is greater than 8 km/h (5 mph). |
| • | Three minutes after the previous seat belt status reminder while a speed of greater than 8 km/h (5 mph) is maintained. |
Refer to
Symptoms - Seat Belts in order to diagnose faults of the fasten seat belt indicators.
