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Seat belts
Seat belts are an effective means of protecting the driver and passengers in the event of a traffic accident. Seat belts need to be fastened to all passengers before driving the car, including the rear seat passengers. It is forbidden to wear a seat belt a few people. It is extremely dangerous to fix the strap of the child sitting on the lap of a passenger. Between the belt and the body should not be hard or fragile items, since they may cause serious injuries. Fasten your seat belt in the following order: - Slowly pull the belt out of the retractor. Pulling the belt with a jerk is blocked; - Perekin'te belt across the chest and waist; - Insert into the lock until it engages the latch plate belt; - Check the belt anchorages in the castle.
| Fig. 1.7. The correct position of the seat belt
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The diagonal belt should be positioned in the center of the shoulder (Fig. 1.7). The lower part of the belt should be on the belt, rather than the stomach. Seat belt provides maximum protection when the seat back upright. The correct choice of the length of the belt provides the most comfortable position, depending on the height and build of man. The length of the belt is adjusted by moving it to the clamp. Unfasten the seat belt by pressing the orange button lock: the lock is opened, the latch plate belt jumps under spring pressure. Then, slowly release the belt, while it will be rolled retractor. The rear center seat can be equipped with a lap belt. Latch and lock of the belt is the same as that of the diagonally-lap belt.
| Fig. 18. Changing the working length of the seat belt
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Moving the latch on the strap, you can change the working length of the strap (Fig. 1.8).
| Fig. 19. Automatic shoulder belt: 1 - seat belt; 2 - upper lock; 3 - mounting the upper lock slot on the middle rack doors
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Automatic shoulder belts 1 (Fig. 1.9) with an electric drive can be installed only on the front seat. Emergency tension of these belts by a system of passive vehicle safety. After closing the doors and turning the ignition lock 2 top belt moves backward, frame windows, doors, and locks the driver's body. After turning off the ignition and door opening the upper seat belt moves forward and does not prevent the door from the car. If the seat belt does not work in automatic mode, release the upper lock of the device moving belt and fix the lock in slot 3 on the middle rack of the car. For trouble-free operation of the mechanism, do not expose the tension straps from pollution. Belts, who had been a strong stretch in an accident, should be replaced. When exposed to sunlight and chemicals ribbon belt loses its strength. With the loss of the original color (color fading) belt should be replaced. Wash belts only in a mild soap solution. Before retracting the belts carefully them dry. Make sure that the straps are not twisted as a result of improper installation. If the belts are twisted or jammed during retraction, pull the belt for long enough to ensure that it could rectify. Then release the strap, so that it returned to its original position. Fully pull the belt and release that he was involved until the end. If the belt jams when moving in both directions, check the surface for dirt or grease. Check the condition of all places of fastening the belt. Bolts should be tightened. Remove any traces of corrosion at fixing it to the body. Replace corroded fasteners. The belt assembly must be replaced when it detects the following faults and damage: - Seat belt securely fixed; - Button buckle weakened; - The lock does not release the belt by pressing the button; - Increase in the force required to release the belt; - On the surface of the lock latch or cracks; - Strand breaks or razlohmachivanie; - Cuts at the edges of the belt loops; - Curved cuts and belt.
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