For 1990-2009 cars

Seat belts are the primary method of occupant restraint. Seat belts help to keep the occupant inside the passenger compartment and to ease the crash forces more gradually during the following events:

• | Frontal impact crashes

• | Rear impact crashes

• | Side impact crashes

• | Roll-over crashes

All seat belts have emergency locks in the retractors. During normal operation, the retractors remain unlocked in order to allow free movement of the occupant's upper body under normal driving conditions. The seat belt webbing is locked into position by a pendulum. This pendulum causes a locking bar to engage a cog on the spool of the retractor mechanism under the following conditions:

• | The speed of the vehicle changes abruptly.

• | The direction of the vehicle changes abruptly.

• | The vehicle is on a steep upgrade or a downgrade.

• | The webbing is pulled quickly out of the retractor.

In addition to the seat belts, this vehicle is equipped with a Supplemental Inflatable Restraint (SIR) System. Refer to Supplemental Inflatable Restraint (SIR) System for more information about the SIR (air bag) System.