Seat Belt Systems: Description and Operation

SEAT BELT SYSTEM DESCRIPTION

FRONT SEAT BELT SYSTEM

CAUTION: To help avoid personal injury from unrepaired crash damage to a restraint system, perform the seat belt check for each seat belt system. Replace the seat belt system if there is any doubt about the condition of system components.

^ The front seat belt system includes a driver and/or passenger seat belt retractor and buckle.
^ The driver's seat belt system, includes a seat belt switch in the driver seat buckle which controls a reminder lamp and a tone alarm. When the driver seat belt is buckled, the driver's door is closed, and the ignition switch is turned ON, the following events will occur:
- The tone alarm will not operate.
- The reminder lamp will not operate.
^ When the driver's seat belt is not buckled, the driver's door is closed, and the ignition switch is in RUN, the following events will occur:
- The tone alarm will operate for 4 to 8 seconds and then go OFF.
- The reminder lamp will operate for 20 seconds, until the driver seat belt is buckled.

REAR SEAT BELT SYSTEM
The rear seat belt system includes the following components:
^ The rear seat belt retractor is located under the rear shelf trim panel and is attached to the rear shelf body panel.
^ The center rear seat belt buckle and the outer seat belt buckle are located in the center of the seat cushion and they are attached to the rear floor pan.

CHILD SEAT RESTRAINT SYSTEM
The Body Control Module (BCM) receives a discrete input from the driver seat belt switch. The driver seat switch is closed when the seat belt is buckled.

FASTEN SAFETY BELT INDICATOR - ISO SYMBOL, RED
The fasten safety belt indicator may only be ON during RUN and CRANK. The IPC illuminates the fasten safety belt indicator under the following conditions:
^ During the bulb check
^ The Body Control Module (BCM) requests it on