Chevrolet Cruze Repair Manual: Front Seat Belt System
The front seat belt system includes a driver and passenger seat belt pretensioner retractor. Both front seat belt pretensioners includes a seat belt switch in the seat buckle which controls a reminder lamp and a tone alarm.
Note: The front passenger seat is equipped with a passenger presence detection system, which detects an occupant. If the passenger presence detection system detects an empty front passenger seat, then the passenger fasten safety belt indicator will be disable.
When the driver seat belt is buckled, the driver door is closed, and the ignition switch is turned ON, the following events will occur:
- The tone alarm will not operate.
- The reminder lamp will not operate.
When the passenger seat belt is buckled with an occupant sitting in the passenger front seat, and the passenger door is closed, then the ignition switch is turned ON, the following events will occur:
- The tone alarm will not operate.
- The reminder lamp, which is located within the passenger presence detection system status indicator for the passenger seat, will not be turned ON.
When the driver seat belt is not buckled, the driver door is closed, and the ignition switch is in the ON position, the following events will occur:
- The tone alarm will operate for 4-8 seconds and then go OFF.
- The fasten safety belt indicator will turn ON for 20 seconds, until the driver seat belt is buckled.
When the passenger seat belt is not buckled with an occupant sitting in the passenger front seat, and the passenger door is closed, then the ignition switch is turned ON, the following events will occur:
- The tone alarm will operate for 4-8 seconds and then go OFF.
- The reminder lamp, which is located within the passenger presence detection system status indicator for the passenger seat, will be turned ON.
Rear Seat Belt System
The Rear Seat Belt System includes the following components:
- The rear seat belt retractor is located at the wheelhouse panel and attached to the floor panel by the rear seat shoulder belt retractor bracket.
- The rear seat belt buckles and the center seat belt buckle are attached to each seat.
Restraint System
Note: If the vehicle has been in a collision, refer to Repairs and
Inspections Required After a Collision for additional information.
Vehicle has front and rear seat belts that are the primary mean ...
Child Seat Restraint System
Warning: A child in a rear-facing child restraint can be seriously
injured if the right-front passengers air bag inflates. This is because the
back of a rear-facing child restraint would be very cl ...
Other materials:
Vehicle Load Limits
It is very important to know how much weight the vehicle can carry. This weight
is called the vehicle capacity weight and includes the weight of all occupants,
cargo, and all nonfactory-installed options.
Two labels on the vehicle show how much weight it may properly carry: the Tire
and Loadi ...
Shifting out of Park
This vehicle is equipped with an automatic transmission shift lock control system.
The shift lock is designed to:
• Prevent ignition key removal unless the shift lever is in P (Park) with the shift
lever button fully released.
• Prevent movement of the shift lever out of P (Park) unless the ig ...
Installation Procedure
Cut the body lock pillar outer panel in corresponding locations to fit
the remaining original panel. The sectioning joint should be
trimmed to allow a gap of one-and-one-half-times the metal thickness at the
sectioning joint.
Create a 50 mm (2 in) backing plate from the unused porti ...
