2011 Toyota Land Cruiser Owners Manual - Page 98

1-3. Adjustable components (seats, mirrors, steering wheel) Seat belt pretensioners (front and second outboard seats) The pretensioner helps the seat belt to quickly restrain the occupant by retracting the seat belt when the vehicle is subjected to certain types of severe frontal collision. The pretensioner may not activate in the event of a minor frontal impact, a side impact or a rear impact. 1 Before driving Pre-collision seat belts (front seats of vehicles with pre-collision system) When operating in the event of sudden braking, the seat belts lessen collision injury by retracting the slack in the front seat belts before the collision, thus enhancing the effectiveness of the seat belt pretensioner in a crash. (→P. 215)