Tesla X owners manual page 21

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Seat Belts Wearing Seat Belts 2.Draw the belt out smoothly, ensuring the belt lays lat across the pelvis, chest and Using seat belts and child safety seats is themid-point of your collar bone, between most efective way to protect occupants if athe neck and shoulder. collision occurs. Therefore, wearing a seat belt3.Insert the latch plate into the buckle and is required by law in most jurisdictions.press together until you hear a click Both the driver and passenger seats areindicating it is locked in place. equipped with three-point inertia reel seat4.Pull the belt to check that it is securely belts. Inertia reel belts are automaticallyfastened. tensioned to allow occupants to move5.Pull the diagonal part of the belt toward comfortably during normal driving conditions.the reel to remove excess slack. To securely hold child safety seats, all passenger seating positions are equipped withTo Release a Belt an automatic locking retractor (ALR) that, by pulling the seat belt beyond the lengthHold the belt near the buckle to prevent the needed for a typical adult occupant, locks thebelt from retracting too quickly, then press the belt into place until the seat belt is unbuckledbutton on the buckle. The belt retracts (see Installing Seat Belt Retained Child Seatsautomatically. Ensure there is no obstruction on page 27). that prevents the belt from fully retracting. The seat belt reel automatically locks toThe belt should not hang loose. If a seat belt prevent movement of occupants if Model Xdoes not fully retract, contact Tesla. experiences a force associated with hard acceleration, braking, cornering, or an impactWearing Seat Belts When Pregnant in a collision. Do not put the lap or shoulder sections of the The seat belt reminder on theseat belt over the abdominal area. Wear the instrument panel alerts you if a seatlap section of the belt as low as possible belt for an occupied seat is notacross the hips, not the waist. Position the fastened. If the belt remainsshoulder portion of the belt between the unfastened, the reminder lashes andbreasts and to the side of the abdomen. an intermittent chime sounds. If allConsult your doctor for speciic guidance. occupants are buckled up and the reminder stays on, re-fasten seat belts to ensure they are correctly latched. Also remove any heavy objects (such as a briefcase) from an unoccupied seat. If the reminder light continues to stay on, contact Tesla. To Fasten a Belt 1.Ensure correct positioning of the seat. Warning: Never place anything between you and the seat belt to cushion the impact in the event of an accident. Seating and Safety Restraints 21

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