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.
Front Seat Belt System
The front seat belt system includes the following components:
- The driver and the passenger seat belt retractor on all sedans is located and attached to the center pillar.
- The driver and the passenger seat buckle with pretensionor are attached to lower inner side of each front seat.
The driver's seat belt system, includes a seat belt switch in the driver seat buckle which controls a reminder lamp and a tone alarm. When the driver 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 in RUN, 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, until the driver seat belt is buckled. |
| • | Then the reminder lamp will flash for an additional 55 seconds before going OFF. |
| To diagnose a failure of the reminder lamp or the tone alarm, refer to Audible Warning System Check in Instrument Cluster. |
Rear Seat Belt System
The rear seat belt system includes the following components:
| • | The rear seat belt retractor is located under the rear shelf trim panel and is attached to the rear shelf body panel. |
| • | The center rear seat belt buckle and the outer seat belt buckle are located in the center of the seat cushion and they are attached to the rear floor pan. |
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 Replacement . Passengers should not be allowed to sit at locations where the seat belts are being used to secure the child seat.
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.
