WARNING:
When possible, all children 12 years old and under
should be properly restrained in a rear seating position. Failure
to follow this could seriously increase the risk of injury or death.
WARNING:
Safety belts and seats can become hot in a vehicle
that has been closed up in sunny weather; they could burn a
small child. Check seat covers and buckles before you place a child
anywhere near them.
WARNING:
Front and rear seat occupants, including pregnant
women, should wear safety belts for optimum protection in an
accident.
All seating positions in your vehicle have lap and shoulder safety belts.
All occupants of the vehicle should always properly wear their safety
belts, even when an airbag supplemental restraint system is provided.
The safety belt system consists of:
•
lap and shoulder safety belts
•
shoulder safety belt with automatic locking mode (except driver safety
belt)
•
height adjuster at the front outboard seating positions
•
safety belt pretensioner at the front outboard seating positions
•
belt tension sensor at the front outboard passenger seating position.
•
safety belt warning light and chime. See
Safety belt warning
light and indicator chime
later in this chapter.
•
crash sensors and monitoring system with readiness
indicator. See
Crash sensors and airbag indicator
in the
Supplemental Restraint System
chapter.
The safety belt pretensioners are designed to activate in frontal,
near-frontal and side crashes, and in rollovers. The safety belt
pretensioners at the front seating positions are designed to tighten the
safety belts firmly against the occupant’s body when activated. This helps
increase the effectiveness of the safety belts. In frontal crashes, the
safety belt pretensioners can be activated alone or, if the crash is of
sufficient severity, together with the front airbags.
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Safety Belts
2014 MKS
(mks)
Owners Guide gf, 1st Printing, April 2013
USA
(fus)