Active / Passive Restraints

Fig. 1 Supplement Restraint System:

The airbag system is designed to provide increased driver and passenger protection if the vehicle is involved in a front end collision. The system is most effective when used in conjuction with the seat belt system.

An occupant restraint system is standard factory-installed safety equipment on this model. Available occupant restraints for this model include both active and passive types. Active restraints are those which require the vehicle occupants to take some action to employ, such as fastening a seat belt; while passive restraints require no action by the vehicle occupants to be employed.

Active Restraints
The active restraints for this model include:

Front Seat Belts
Both outboard front seating positions are equipped with three-point seat belt systems employing a lower B-pillar mounted inertia latch-type retractor, height-adjustable upper B-pillar mounted turning loops, a fixed lower seat belt anchor secured to the lower B-pillar (standard cab) or floor panel adjacent to the B-pillar (quad cab), and a traveling end-release seat belt buckle secured to the inboard seat track. The driver side retractor for standard cab models includes an electrically actuated seat belt tension reducer. The front seat belt buckle for the driver side of all models includes an integral seat belt switch that detects whether its seat belt has been fastened. The center front seating position for standard cab models is also equipped with a three- point seat belt employing a floor panel mounted inertia latch-type retractor, a routing bracket and bezel near the top of the cab back panel, and two fixed end-release buckles secured to the center seat cushion frame. The center front seating position for quad cab models is equipped with a fixed lap belt and an end-release buckle secured to the center seat cushion frame.

Rear Seat Belts
All three rear seating positions are equipped with three-point seat belt systems. The outboard seating position belts employ a lower C-pillar mounted inertia latch-type retractor, a fixed position upper C-pillar mounted turning loop, and a fixed lower seat belt anchor secured to the lower C-pillar. The rear seat center seating position belt has a rear floor panel mounted inertia latch-type retractor and a routing bracket and bezel on the top of the cab back panel. The end-release buckle units for the right outboard seating position and the center seating position lower anchor are integral to the center retractor mounting bracket on the rear floor panel. The end-release buckle units for the center and left outboard seating positions are individually secured to the rear floor panel on models with the standard equipment rear bench seat, or secured with the rear seat mounting hardware on models with the optional 60/40 split rear bench seat.

Child Seat Tether Anchors
All standard cab models are equipped with two, fixed-position, child seat tether anchors that are integral to the upper cab back panel reinforcement and concealed behind individual trim cover and bezel units that are integral to the cab back trim panel. All quad cab models are equipped with three child tether anchor straps that are secured to the upper cab back panel reinforcement, behind the upright rear seat back.

The primary passenger restraints in this or any other vehicle are the standard equipment factory-installed seat belts. Seat belts are referred to as an active restraint because the vehicle occupants are required to physically fasten and properly adjust these restraints in order to benefit from them. See the owner's manual in the vehicle glove box for more information on the features, use and operation of all of the factory-installed active restraints.

Fig. 2 SRS Logo:

Passive Restraints
The passive restraints available for this model include the following:

Dual Front Airbags
Next generation driver and front passenger airbags are available for this model. This airbag system is a passive, inflatable, Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) and vehicles with this equipment can be readily identified by the "SRS - AIRBAG" logo molded into the driver airbag trim cover in the center of the steering wheel and also into the passenger airbag door on the instrument panel above the glove box. Vehicles with the airbag system can also be identified by the airbag indicator, which will illuminate in the instrument cluster for about six seconds as a bulb test each time the ignition switch is turned to the On position. A pyrotechnic-type seat belt tensioner is integral to the front outboard seat belt retractors mounted on each lower B-pillar of all models equipped with dual front airbags.

Side Curtain Airbags
Optional side curtain airbags are available for this model when it is also equipped with dual front airbags. This airbag system is a passive, inflatable, Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) and vehicles with this equipment can be readily identified by a molded identification trim button with the "SRS - AIRBAG" logo located on the headliner above each B-pillar.