Active Restraints

The active restraints for this vehicle include:

• Child Restraint Anchors  - All vehicles are equipped with three, fixed-position, child seat upper tether anchors for the rear seating. These upper anchors are integral to the rear shelf panel support. Two lower anchors are also provided for each rear seating position. The lower anchors are integral to an isofix crossmember welded to the center floor panel beneath the rear seat. These lower anchors are accessed from the front of the rear seat where the seat back meets the seat cushion.

  The seat belt retractors may include an inertia-type, emergency locking mechanism as standard equipment. Seat belt retractors with a locking mechanism are capable of mechanically changing from an Emergency Locking Retractor (ELR) to an Automatic Locking Retractor (ALR). The primary function of this feature is to securely accommodate a child seat in any seating position of the vehicle without the need for a self-cinching seat belt tip half latch plate unit or another supplemental device that would be required to prevent the seat belt webbing from unwinding freely from the retractor spool of an inertia-type emergency locking retractor mechanism.

  The emergency and automatic locking mechanisms are integral to the seat belt and retractor unit and are concealed beneath a molded plastic cover located on one side of the retractor spool. These locking mechanisms cannot be adjusted or repaired and, if ineffective or damaged, the entire seat belt and retractor unit must be replaced. For more information on the seat belts in this vehicle, refer to the Safety information in the Owners Manual.

• Front Seat Belts  - Both front seating positions are equipped with three-point seat belt systems employing lower B-pillar mounted retractors, height-adjustable upper B-pillar mounted turning loops, a traveling lower seat belt anchor secured to the outboard side of the seat frame, and a traveling end-release seat belt buckle secured to the inboard side of the seat frame. The driver and passenger side front seat belt buckles each include an integral seat belt switch that detects whether the front seat belts have been fastened.
• Rear Seat Belts  - All three rear seating positions are equipped with three-point seat belt systems. The outboard seating position belts employ C-pillar mounted retractors, fixed position upper C-pillar mounted turning loops and fixed lower seat belt anchors secured to the lower C-pillar. The center position retractor is secured to the rear shelf panel and the fixed lower center seat belt anchor is secured to the floor panel. All three rear seat belts have fixed end-release seat belt buckles secured to the floor panel, a double buckle unit on the right side and a single buckle unit on the left side.