Restraint System

CAUTION: To help avoid personal injury from unrepaired crash damage to a restraint system:
^ Replace each seat belt system worn during a crash unless the crash was minor.
^ 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.

Front Seat Belt System
The front seat belt system includes the following components:
1. The driver and the passenger seat belt retractor on all sedans is located and attached to the center pillar.
2. The driver and the passenger seat buckle with pretensioner are attached to lower inner side of each front seat.

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.
^ Then the reminder lamp will flash for an additional 55 seconds before going OFF.

To diagnose a failure of the reminder lamp or the tone alarm, refer to Audible Warning System Check in Instrument Cluster.

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.