Torque Specifications
| Description | N.m |
|---|---|
| Front safety belt buckle and pretensioner retaining bolt | 50 |
| Front safety belt lower anchor retaining bolt | 55 |
| Front safety belt upper retaining bolt | 25 |
| Front safety belt guide retaining bolt | 5 |
| Front safety belt retractor retaining bolt | 55 |
| Front safety shoulder height adjuster retaining bolts | 25 |
| Rear safety belt anchor retaining bolts | 55 |
| Rear safety belt and buckle retaining bolt | 55 |
| Rear safety belt retractor retaining bolt | 55 |
| Rear center safety belt retractor retaining bolt - 4-Door | 55 |
| Rear center safety belt retractor retaining bolt - Wagon | 38 |
TORQUE SPECIFICATIONS
| WARNING | To avoid accidental deployment and possible personal injury, the backup power supply must be depleted before repairing or replacing any air bag occupant restraints system (ORS) components. To deplete the backup power supply energy, disconnect the battery ground cable and wait one minute. Failure to follow this instructions may result in personal injury. |
| WARNING | Never probe the connectors on the air bag module or pretensioners. Doing so may result in deployment. Failure to follow this instructions may result in personal injury. |
| WARNING | All safety belt assemblies including retractors, buckles, front safety belt buckle support assemblies (slider bar), if equipped, child safety seat tether brackets (if equipped) and attaching hardware should be inspected after any collision. New safety belt assemblies should be fitted unless a qualified technician finds the assemblies, show no damage and operate correctly. New safety belt assemblies should also be fitted where safety belt assemblies not in use during a collision, are inspected and damage or incorrect operation is noted. Failure to follow these instructions may result in personal injury. |
| CAUTION | Electronic modules are sensitive to static electrical charges. If exposed to these charges, damage may result. |
Note. Repair is made by replacement only. If a part is replaced and the new part does not correct the condition, install the original part and carry out the diagnostic procedure again.
Scheme 1
| WARNING | All vehicles fitted with the passenger air bag from the factory have a WARNING sticker attached to the instrument panel, PROHIBITING the use of rear facing child seats in the front seating position Failure to follow this instructions may result in personal injury. |
Note. The front seat belts, which incorporate the seat belt retractors and pretensioners are supplied as an assembly and not serviceable components.
The safety belt system fitted to the vehicle utilizes the conventional lap and diagonal three point fixing. The front and rear safety belts use a conventional static type buckle which is attached to the seat frame of each front seat and directly to the floor pan underneath the rear seats.
The safety belt buckle and pretensioner which is attached to the driver seat is fitted with a switch, which is connected through a wiring harness to a warning indicator which is housed within the instrument cluster. When the ignition is first turned on the warning indicator will illuminate only if the safety belt is not fastened. If the safety belt is fastened before the ignition is turned on the circuit is broken and the indicator will remain off. The safety belt buckle pretensioners will deploy at the same time as the front or side air bags. The air bag control module receives information on the status of the safety belt buckles from a switch contained in the buckle.
The front safety belt retractors incorporate a load limiting device, which reduces occupant injury in the event of a crash. The safety belt retractors, which are mounted within the base of the B pillars, incorporate a torsion bar load limiting device. This device consists of a retractor reel which is mounted onto a spindle (torsion bar) which once the sensor has locked the retractor reel and a predetermined load is applied, twists and allows additional webbing into the system. The deceleration force required to initiate this sequence is approximately the same as that required to initiate air bag deployment. The torsion bar load limiting device will only react if the safety belt is in use at the time of the impact.
It should be considered that during any event that utilizes the full capability of the safety belts, the webbing may have been elongated and the torsion bar may have twisted. For this reason, if a vehicle is involved in an accident which results in the deployment of the airbag (s), all the safety belts that were in use at the time of the accident MUST NOT be reused, NEW safety belts MUST be installed.