Active Restraints: Description

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. A single upper tether anchor is integral to the back of the right seat cushion frame, and two anchors are integral to the back of the left seat cushion frame. Two lower anchors are also provided for each outboard rear seating position. The lower anchors are integral to the seat cushion frames. All lower anchors are accessed from the front of the rear seat near 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 Section in the Owners Manual.

• Front Seat Belts  - Both front seating positions are equipped with three-point seat belt systems employing a lower B-pillar mounted retractor, adjustable upper B-pillar mounted turning loops, a fixed lower seat belt anchor secured to the inner sill near the base of the B-pillar and a traveling end-release seat belt buckle secured to the inboard side of the seat cushion 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 belts employ C-pillar mounted retractors, fixed position upper C-pillar mounted turning loops and fixed lower seat belt anchors secured to the quarter inner panel. The fixed end release rear seat belt buckles are also secured to the floor panel beneath the rear seat cushion. In vehicles manufactured for Europe-Middle East-Africa (EMEA) markets, all three rear seat belt buckles each include an integral seat belt switch that detects whether the rear seat belts have been fastened.