2014 Chrysler Town & Country User Guide - Page 19

2014 Chrysler Town & Country Manual

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G E T T I N G S TA R T E D • A frayed or torn belt could rip apart in a collision and leave you with no protection. Inspect the belt system periodically, checking for cuts, frays, or loose parts. Damaged parts must be replaced immediately. Do not disassemble or modify the system. Seat belt assemblies must be replaced after a collision if they have been damaged (bent retractor, torn webbing, etc.). • The seat belts for both front seating positions are equipped with pretensioning devices that are designed to remove slack from the seat belt in the event of a collision. • A deployed pretensioner or a deployed air bag must be replaced immediately. WARNING! In a collision, you and your passengers can suffer much greater injuries if you are not buckled up properly. You can strike the interior of your vehicle or other passengers, or you can be thrown out of the vehicle. Always be sure you and others in your vehicle are buckled up properly. SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT SYSTEM (SRS) - AIR BAGS • This vehicle has Advanced Front Air Bags for both the driver and front passenger as a supplement to the seat belt restraint systems. The driver's Advanced Front Air Bag is mounted in the center of the steering wheel. The passenger's Advanced Front Air Bag is mounted in the instrument panel, above the glove compartment. The words SRS AIRBAG are embossed on the air bag covers. In addition, the vehicle is equipped with a Supplemental Driver Side Knee Air Bag mounted in the instrument panel below the steering column. • The Advanced Front Air Bags have a multistage inflator design. This allows the air bag to have different rates of inflation based on several factors, including the severity and type of collision. • This vehicle may be equipped with driver and/or front passenger seat track position sensors that may adjust the inflation rate of the Advanced Front Air Bags based upon seat position. • This vehicle may be equipped with a driver and/or front passenger seat belt buckle switch that detects whether the driver or front passenger seat belt is fastened. The seat belt buckle switch may adjust the inflation rate of the Advanced Front Air Bags. • This vehicle may be equipped with Supplemental Side Air Bag Inflatable Curtains (SABIC) to protect the driver, front, and rear passengers sitting next to a window. The SABIC air bags are located above the side windows and their covers are labeled: SRS AIRBAG. is not on during starting, stays on, or turns on while driving, • If the Air Bag Warning Light have the vehicle serviced by an authorized service center immediately. • Refer to the Owner's Manual on the DVD for further details regarding the Supplemental Restraint System (SRS). 17

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• Afrayedortornbeltcouldripapartinacollisionandleaveyouwithnoprotection.Inspectthe
belt system periodically, checking for cuts, frays, or loose parts. Damaged parts must be
replacedimmediately.Donotdisassembleormodifythesystem.Seatbeltassembliesmustbe
replacedafteracollisioniftheyhavebeendamaged(bentretractor,tornwebbing,etc.).
• Theseatbeltsforbothfrontseatingpositionsareequippedwithpretensioningdevicesthat
aredesignedtoremoveslackfromtheseatbeltintheeventofacollision.
• Adeployedpretensioneroradeployedairbagmustbereplacedimmediately.
WARNING!
Inacollision,youandyourpassengerscansuffermuchgreaterinjuriesifyouarenotbuckled
up properly. You can strike the interior of your vehicle or other passengers, or you can be
thrown out of the vehicle. Always be sure you and others in your vehicle are buckled up
properly.
SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT SYSTEM (SRS) —
AIR BAGS
• This vehicle has Advanced Front Air Bags for both the driver and front passenger as a
supplementtotheseatbeltrestraintsystems.Thedriver'sAdvancedFrontAirBagismounted
inthecenterofthesteeringwheel.Thepassenger'sAdvancedFrontAirBagismountedinthe
instrumentpanel,abovetheglovecompartment.ThewordsSRSAIRBAGareembossedon
theairbagcovers.Inaddition,thevehicleisequippedwithaSupplementalDriverSideKnee
AirBagmountedintheinstrumentpanelbelowthesteeringcolumn.
• TheAdvancedFrontAirBagshaveamultistageinflatordesign.Thisallowstheairbagtohave
differentratesofinflationbasedonseveralfactors,includingtheseverityandtypeofcollision.
• Thisvehiclemaybeequippedwithdriverand/orfrontpassengerseattrackpositionsensors
thatmayadjusttheinflationrateoftheAdvancedFrontAirBagsbaseduponseatposition.
• Thisvehiclemaybeequippedwithadriverand/orfrontpassengerseatbeltbuckleswitchthat
detectswhetherthedriverorfrontpassengerseatbeltisfastened.Theseatbeltbuckleswitch
mayadjusttheinflationrateoftheAdvancedFrontAirBags.
• ThisvehiclemaybeequippedwithSupplementalSideAirBagInflatableCurtains(SABIC)to
protectthedriver,front,andrearpassengerssittingnexttoawindow.TheSABICairbagsare
locatedabovethesidewindowsandtheircoversarelabeled:SRSAIRBAG.
• IftheAirBagWarningLight
isnotonduringstarting,stayson,orturnsonwhiledriving,
havethevehicleservicedbyanauthorizedservicecenterimmediately.
• Refer to the Owner's Manual on the DVD for further details regarding the Supplemental
RestraintSystem(SRS).
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