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SEAT, SEATBELT AND SRS AIRBAGS
WARNING result in injury or death. When you use a seatbelt extender, always attach it to the seatbelt buckle and seatbelt tongue plate correctly.
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. Make sure that the front passenger’ s frontal airbag ON indicator light is on when you use a seatbelt extender in the front passenger’ s seat. The front passenger’ s frontal airbag OFF indicator light must also be off. If it is on, the front passenger’ s SRS airbag will not deploy in a collision, which could result in death or serious injury. Refer to“ Front Passenger’ s Frontal Airbag ON and OFF Indicator Lights” FP188.
. The following conditions may cause the SRS frontal airbag system to detect that the driver and front passenger are wearing seatbelts, which prevents the SRS frontal airbag system from operating correctly.
– The tongue plates of the driver and front passenger seatbelt extenders are inserted into the seatbelt buckles, but the respective extenders and seatbelts are not connected.
– Leaving the tongue plate of the extender inserted into the seatbelt buckle when not in use.
These conditions may prevent the seatbelt warning light and warning alarm from operating correctly. They may also prevent the SRS frontal airbags from operating correctly in a collision, which can
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To connect the extender to the seatbelt, insert the tongue plate into the seatbelt buckle so that the“ PRESS” marks on the buckle-release buttons of the extender and the seatbelt are both facing the same direction, as shown in the illustration. You will hear a click when the tongue plate locks into the buckle.
When releasing the seatbelt, press on the buckle-release button on the extender, not on the seatbelt. This helps to prevent damage to the vehicle interior and extender itself.