Active Restraints: Description

The active restraints for this vehicle include:

• Child Restraint Anchors  - All vehicles are equipped with fixed-position child seat upper tether anchors, one for each second row seating position, one for the right side seating position in the third row and one for the center seating position in the third row. These anchors are integral to the back of each second row or third row seat cushion frame. Two lower anchors are also provided for each second row seating position, for the right side third row seating position and for the third row center seating position. These lower anchors are accessed from the front of the second row or third row seat where the seat back meets the seat cushion. The lower anchors are also integral to the seat cushion frames. 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 service information.
• Front Seat Belts  - Both front seating positions are equipped with three-point seat belt systems employing lower B-pillar mounted retractors with tensioners and adaptive load limiters, height-adjustable upper B-pillar mounted turning loops, an integral anchor tensioner that is secured at the base of the B-pillar, and a traveling end-release seat belt buckle secured to the inboard side of the seat frame. On all vehicles, the front seat belt buckles include an integral seat belt switch that detects whether the seat belt has been fastened. Front buckles are common, left and right, for all markets.
• Second Row Seat Belts  - All second row bench and bucket seating positions are equipped with three-point seat belt systems. The second row outboard seating position belts employ lower C-pillar mounted retractors, height-adjustable upper C-pillar mounted turning loops, fixed lower seat belt anchors secured to the floor panel near the base of the C-pillar and fixed end-release buckles secured to the seat cushion frames. The optional second row center seating position has a retractor mounted to the upper liftgate opening header above the headliner and a turning loop mounted above the headliner over the second row center seat. The center seat has two fixed position end-release buckles (one conventional seat belt buckle and a keyed center belt anchor buckle) secured to the seat cushion frame.
• Third Row Seat Belts  - All third row seating positions are equipped with three-point seat belt systems. The outboard seating position seat belts employ mid-quarter retractors, fixed position D-pillar mounted turning loops, fixed lower seat belt anchors secured to the floor panel near the base of the D-Pillar, and fixed position end-release buckles secured to the seat frame. The center seating position employs a retractor and turning loop mounted to the upper liftgate opening header above the headliner and two fixed position end-release buckles (one conventional seat belt buckle and a keyed center belt anchor buckle) secured to the seat cushion frame.