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. Two anchors are integral to the back of the left (60%) rear seat back panel, and one is integral to the right (40%) rear seat back panel. Two lower anchors are also provided for each outboard rear seating position and one for the center seating position. When installing a child seat in the center position, the right (inboard) lower tether of the left outboard tether pair must be used as the second attachment point for a center child seat. The lower anchors are integral to each rear seat stanchion assembly on the rear floor panel and 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 Service Information.

• Front Seat Belts  - Both front seating positions are equipped with three-point seat belt systems employing a lower B-pillar mounted retractor, a height-adjustable upper B-pillar mounted turning loop, a fixed lower seat belt anchor buckle secured to an anchor latch plate on the inner sill near the base of the B-pillar and a traveling end-release seat belt buckle secured to a bracket near the back of the upper inboard seat track. The driver and passenger side front seat belt buckles 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 rear seating position belts employ a C-pillar mounted retractors, fixed position upper C-pillar mounted turning loops and fixed lower seat belt anchors secured to the lower C-pillars. The rear center seating position retractor that is secured within the left (60%) rear seat back when equipped with the split rear seat. The rear center seating position in a stationary rear seat retractor that is secured to the D-pillar and has a detachable lower anchor at the seat cushion level. The rear center seating position belt lower anchor with either seat is secured to the traveling left rear seat cushion frame along with the left outboard and center end-release seat belt buckles. The right outboard seating position also has a end-release seat belt buckle secured to the traveling right rear seat cushion frame. In vehicles manufactured for certain export markets, each rear seat belt buckle includes an integral seat belt switch that detects whether the rear seat belts have been fastened.