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{CAUTION:

A safety belt that is not properly worn may not

provide the protection needed in a crash.

The person wearing the belt could be seriously

injured. The shoulder belt should go over the

shoulder and across the chest. These parts of

the body are best able to take belt restraining

forces.

4. Buckle, position, and release the safety belt as

described in Rear Seat Passengers on page 1-25.

Make sure that the shoulder belt crosses the

shoulder.

To remove and store the comfort guides, squeeze the

belt edges together so that you can take them out of the

guides. Pull the guide upward to expose its storage

clip, and then slide the guide onto the clip. Turn

the guide and clip inward and slide them in between the

seatback and the interior body, leaving only the loop

of elastic cord exposed.

Safety Belt Pretensioners

Your vehicle has safety belt pretensioners for the driver

and right front passenger. Although you cannot see

them, they are located on the retractor part of the safety

belts. They help the safety belts reduce a person’s

forward movement in a moderate to severe frontal or

near frontal crash.

Pretensioners work only once. If they activate in a

crash, you will need to get new ones, and probably other

new parts for your safety belt system. See Replacing

Restraint System Parts After a Crash on page 1-64.

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Chevrolet 2006 Equinox User Manual

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