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[SR02850(ALL)01/95]
RWARNING
Never drive or ride with a twisted or
jammed safety belt. If you cannot
untwist or unjam the safety belt, see
the nearest qualified technician
immediately.
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[SR02900(ALL)04/95]
RWARNING
Children should always ride with the
seatback in the fully upright
position. When the seatback is not
fully upright, there is a greater risk
that the child will slide under the
safety belt and be seriously injured
in a collision.
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RWARNING
Never let a passenger hold a child on
his or her lap while the vehicle is
moving. The passenger cannot protect
the child from injury in a collision.
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[SR03200(ALL)02/95]
Lock the doors of your vehicle before driving to
lessen the risk of the door coming open in a
collision.
[SR03600(ALL)03/95]Combination Lap and Shoulder
Belts
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[SR03900(ALL)02/95]
While your vehicle is in motion, the combination
lap and shoulder belt adjusts to your movement.
However, if you brake hard, turn hard, or if
your vehicle receives an impact of 5 mph
(8 km/h) or more, the lap and shoulder belt
locks and helps reduce your forward movement.
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After you get into your vehicle, close the door
and lock it. Then adjust the seat to the position
that suits you best.
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Pull the combination lap/shoulder belt from the
retractor so that the shoulder portion of the belt
crosses your shoulder and chest. Be sure the belt
is not twisted. If it is, remove the twist. Insert
the belt tongue into the proper buckle until you
hear a snap and feel it latch. Make sure the
tongue is securely fastened to the buckle by
pulling on tongue.
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Fastening the front seat combination lap and shoulder belt
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NOTE: Be sure to read and understand
Important Safety Belt Informationat
the beginning of this chapter.
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Unfastening the combination lap and shoulder belts Ð
front and rear outboard seating positions
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While the belt retracts, guide the tongue to its
original position to prevent it from striking you
or the vehicle.
[SR05625(ALL)04/95]
Safety Belts for Front Outboard Passenger
and Rear Outboard Seating Positions
(Except Wagon Rear-Facing Seat)
[SR05650(ALL)04/95]
Your vehicle is equipped with a dual locking
mode retractor on theshoulderbelt portion of
the combination lap/shoulder safety belt for the
front seat outboard passenger and rear outboard
passengers.
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Dual locking mode retractors operate in two
ways:
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Vehicle Sensitive (Emergency) Locking Mode
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In this operating mode, the shoulder belt
retractor will allow the occupant freedom of
movement, locking tight only on hard braking,
hard cornering or impacts of approximately
5 mph (8 km/h) or more. The retractor can also
be made to lock by pulling on the belt.
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Automatic locking mode
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In this operating mode, the shoulder belt
retractor will be automatically locked and will
remain locked when the combination
lap/shoulder safety belt is buckled, and does not
allow the occupant freedom of movement. This
mode provides the following:
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A tight lap/shoulder belt on the occupant.
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Child safety seat installation.
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[SR05810(ALL)03/95]
RWARNING
Rear-facing infant seats should never
be placed in the front seats.
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This modemust be usedwhen installing a child
safety seat on the front passenger seat and rear
outboard seats where dual locking retractors are
provided.
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To switch the retractor from the emergency
locking mode to the automatic locking mode,
perform the following steps:
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1. Buckle the lap/shoulder combination belt.
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2. Grasp the shoulder portion of the belt and
pull downward until all of the belt is
extracted, and when allowed to retract, a
clicking sound will be heard. At this time,
the belt retractor is in the automatic locking
mode (child restraint mode).
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3. A clicking sound will continue to be heard
as the belt is allowed to retract. This
indicates that the retractor is in the
automatic locking mode.
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NOTE: When the combination lap/shoulder
belt is unbuckled and allowed to
retract completely, the retractor will
switch to the vehicle sensitive
(emergency) locking mode. See the
detailed instructions underSafety Seats
for Childrenin this chapter.
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Shoulder Belt Height Adjustment
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[SR05950(ALL)04/95]
Driver and right front passenger
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[SR05960(ALL)03/95]
You can adjust the shoulder belt height to one of
five (5) positions.
[SR05962(ALL)03/95]
To adjust the belt down, pinch the release
button. To adjust the belt up, slide the adjuster
up. (You do not have to pinch the release
button.)
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16 [SR06060(ALL)04/95]Your vehicle is equipped with safety seat belts
containing a cinch tongue at the rear-facing
seating positions.
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[SR06075(ALL)03/95]
The locking cinch tongue will slide up and
down the belt webbing when the belt is in the
stowed position or while putting seat belts on.
When the locking cinch tongue of the
lap/shoulder combination seat belt is latched
into the buckle, the cinch tongue will allow the
lap portion to become shorter, but locks the
webbing in place to restrict it from becoming
longer.
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[SR06125(ALL)03/95]
Before you can reach and latch a combination
lap and shoulder belt having a cinch tongue into
the buckle, you may have to lengthen the lap
belt portion of it. To lengthen the lap belt, pull
some webbing out of the shoulder belt retractor.
While holding the webbing below the tongue,
grasp the tip (metal portion) of the tongue so
that it is parallel to the webbing and slide the
tongue upward. Provide enough lap belt length
so that the tongue can reach the buckle.
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NOTE: If you grasp the tongue by the tongue
cover to lengthen the belt, the tongue
cover will grab the webbing, making it
difficult to slide.
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To fasten a cinch tongue, pull the combination
lap and shoulder belt from the retractor so that
the shoulder belt portion of the safety belt
crosses your shoulder and chest. Be sure the belt
is not twisted. If the belt is twisted remove the
twist. Insert the belt tongue into the proper
buckle for your seating position until you hear a
snap and feel it latch. Make sure the tongue is
securely fastened to the buckle by pulling of the
tongue.
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18the safety belt will become locked and help
reduce your forward movement.
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To unfasten the belt, push the red release button
on the end of the buckle. This allows the tongue
to unlatch from the buckle. While the belt
retracts, guide the tongue to its original position
to prevent it from striking you or the vehicle.
[SR06550(ALL)02/95]
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Unfastening the combination lap and shoulder belts for the
rear-facing third seat (wagon)
[SR06560(ALL)04/95]
Center Occupant Rear Safety Belt (Sedan)
[SR06565(ALL)04/95]
The safety belt in the center rear seating position
has a detachable shoulder belt.
[SR06570(ALL)04/95]
To attach the shoulder belt to the lap belt, pull
the shoulder belt out from the retractor in the
seatback and insert the lap belt connecting pin
into the wide end of the key-slot on the
shoulder belt as shown in Figure 1. Pull the
connecting pin into the narrow end of the
key-slot until you hear a snap and feel it latch.
See Figure 2. Make sure the shoulder belt is
securely fastened to the lap belt by pulling up
on the shoulder belt.
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RWARNING
The rear center lap belt must be
tightened separately from the
shoulder strap. The lap belt must fit
snugly, and as low as possible
around the hips. Do not wear around
your waist. For information about
adjusting the belt, see ªLAP BELTSº
in this chapter.
[SR06590(ALL)04/95]
Detach the shoulder belt before folding down
the passenger side rear seat. To detach the
shoulder belt, slide the connecting pin to the
wide end of the key-slot and lift the shoulder
belt off the connecting pin. As the shoulder belt
retracts, guide the belt so that it does not strike
you or the vehicle.
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Lap Belts
[SR06650(ALL)03/95]
The lap belts in the center front seating position
(if equipped) and center rear seat (wagon) do
not adjust automatically. You must adjust them
to fit snugly and as low as possible around your
hips. Do not wear the lap belt around your
waist.
[SR06675(ALL)04/95]
The front center seat belt buckle and tongue are
stowed in a pocket between the seat cushion and
seatback. Remove them from the stowage pocket
before fastening.
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Pull the belt across your hips andinsert the
tongue into the correct buckleon your seat
until you hear a snap and feel it lock. Make sure
the buckle is securely fastened.
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If you need to lengthen the belt, unfasten it and
tip the belt tongue at a right angle to the belt.
Pull the belt tongue over your lap until it
reaches the buckle.
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Installing Child Safety Seats in the Front
Passenger Seat and Outer Rear Seating
Positions
[SR22800(ALL)12/94]
Your vehicle is equipped with a dual locking
mode retractor on the shoulder belt portion of
the combination lap/shoulder safety belt for the
front passenger seat and rear outer seats. The
automatic locking modemust be usedwhen
installing a child seat or infant carrier in the
front passenger seat or rear outer seats.
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[SR22850(ALL)11/94]
RWARNING
Never install a rear-facing child seat
or infant carrier in the right front
passenger seat.
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If you choose to install a child safety seat in the
front seating position, move vehicle seat as far
back as possible.
[SR22950(ALL)12/94]
1. Position the child seat on the passenger seat
of the vehicle.
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4. Grasp the shoulder portion of the belt and
pull downward until all of the belt is
extracted and a click is heard. At this time,
the retractor is in the automatic locking
mode (child seat restraint mode). Figure 4.
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Setting the retractor to automatic locking mode
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42 [SR23350(ALL)11/94]5. Allow the belt to retract. Pull up on the
shoulder webbing. A clicking sound will be
heard as the belt retracts. This indicates the
retractor is in the automatic locking mode.
Push down on the child seat while you pull
up on the belt to remove any slack in the
belt. Figures 5 and 6.
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