For safety and security -> Seat belts for Your Toyota Corolla 4 Door 2023

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Pregnant women  
Seat belts  
Make sure that all occu-  
pants are wearing their seat  
belts before driving the  
vehicle.  
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WARNING  
Observe the following precautions  
to reduce the risk of injury in the  
event of sudden braking, sudden  
swerving or an accident.  
Failure to do so may cause death  
or serious injury.  
Wearing a seat belt  
Obtain medical advice and wear  
the seat belt in the proper way.  
(P.28)  
Ensure that all passengers wear  
a seat belt.  
Women who are pregnant should  
Always wear a seat belt prop-  
position the lap belt as low as  
erly.  
possible over the hips in the same  
manner as other occupants,  
extending the shoulder belt com-  
pletely over the shoulder and  
avoiding belt contact with the  
rounding of the abdominal area.  
Each seat belt should be used  
by one person only. Do not use  
a seat belt for more than one  
person at once, including chil-  
dren.  
If the seat belt is not worn prop-  
erly, not only the pregnant  
woman, but also the fetus could  
suffer death or serious injury as a  
result of sudden braking or a colli-  
sion.  
Toyota recommends that chil-  
dren be seated in the rear seat  
and always use a seat belt  
and/or an appropriate child  
restraint system.  
To achieve a proper seating  
position, do not recline the seat  
more than necessary. The seat  
belt is most effective when the  
occupants are sitting up straight  
and well back in the seats.  
People suffering illness  
Obtain medical advice and wear  
the seat belt in the proper way.  
(P.28)  
When children are in the vehi-  
cle  
Do not wear the shoulder belt  
under your arm.  
P.64  
Always wear your seat belt low  
and snug across your hips.  
Seat belt damage and wear  
Do not damage the seat belts  
by allowing the belt, plate, or  
buckle to be jammed in the  
door.  
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WARNING  
Position the lap belt as low as  
possible over the hips.  
Inspect the seat belt system  
periodically. Check for cuts,  
fraying, and loose parts. Do not  
use a damaged seat belt until it  
is replaced. Damaged seat belts  
cannot protect an occupant  
from death or serious injury.  
Adjust the position of the  
seatback. Sit up straight and  
well back in the seat.  
Do not twist the seat belt.  
Ensure that the belt and plate  
are locked and the belt is not  
twisted.  
If the seat belt does not function  
correctly, immediately contact  
your Toyota dealer.  
Child seat belt usage  
The seat belts of your vehicle were  
principally designed for persons of  
adult size.  
Use a child restraint system  
appropriate for the child, until the  
child becomes large enough to  
properly wear the vehicle’s seat  
belt. (P.48)  
Replace the seat assembly,  
including the belts, if your vehi-  
cle has been involved in a seri-  
ous accident, even if there is no  
obvious damage.  
When the child becomes large  
enough to properly wear the vehi-  
cle’s seat belt, follow the instruc-  
tions regarding seat belt usage.  
(P.27)  
Do not attempt to install,  
remove, modify, disassemble or  
dispose of the seat belts. Have  
any necessary repairs carried  
out by your Toyota dealer. Inap-  
propriate handling may lead to  
incorrect operation.  
Seat belt extender  
If your seat belts cannot be fastened  
securely because they are not long  
enough, a personalized seat belt  
extender is available from your Toy-  
ota dealer free of charge.  
Correct use of the seat  
belts  
WARNING  
Using a seat belt extender  
Do not wear the seat belt  
extender if you can fasten the  
seat belt without the extender.  
Extend the shoulder belt so  
that it comes fully over the  
shoulder, but does not come  
into contact with the neck or  
slide off the shoulder.  
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WARNING  
Emergency locking retractor  
(ELR)  
Do not use the seat belt  
extender when installing a child  
restraint system because the  
belt will not securely hold the  
child restraint system, increas-  
ing the risk of death or serious  
injury in the event of an acci-  
dent.  
The retractor will lock the belt during  
a sudden stop or on impact. It may  
also lock if you lean forward too  
quickly. A slow, easy motion will  
allow the belt to extend so that you  
can move around fully.  
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Automatic locking retractor  
(ALR)  
The personalized extender may  
not be safe on another vehicle,  
when used by another person,  
or at a different seating position  
other than the one originally  
intended.  
When a passenger’s shoulder belt is  
completely extended and then  
retracted even slightly, the belt is  
locked in that position and cannot  
be extended. This feature is used to  
hold the child restraint system  
(CRS) firmly. To free the belt again,  
fully retract the belt and then pull the  
belt out once more. (P.48)  
NOTICE  
When using a seat belt  
extender  
Rear seat belt  
Use the seat belt after passing it  
through the guide if the seat belt  
comes free from the guide.  
When releasing the seat belt,  
press on the buckle release but-  
ton on the extender, not on the  
seat belt.  
This helps prevent damage to the  
vehicle interior and the extender  
itself.  
Fastening and releasing  
the seat belt  
Adjusting the seat belt  
shoulder anchor height  
(front seats)  
1 To fasten the seat belt, push  
the plate into the buckle until  
a click sound is heard.  
2 To release the seat belt,  
press the release button  
.
1 Push the seat belt shoulder  
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anchor down while pressing  
cle rollover.  
the release button  
.
The pretensioners do not activate  
in the event of a minor frontal  
impact, a minor side impact or a  
rear impact.  
2 Push the seat belt shoulder  
anchor up while pressing the  
release button  
.
Move the height adjuster up and  
down as needed until you hear a  
click.  
Replacing the belt after the pre-  
tensioner has been activated  
If the vehicle is involved in multiple  
collisions, the pretensioner will acti-  
vate for the first collision, but will not  
activate for the second or subse-  
quent collisions.  
WARNING  
Adjustable shoulder anchor  
Always make sure the shoulder  
belt is positioned across the cen-  
ter of your shoulder. The belt  
should be kept away from your  
neck, but not falling off your shoul-  
der. Failure to do so could reduce  
the amount of protection in an  
accident and cause death or seri-  
ous injuries in the event of a sud-  
den stop, sudden swerve or  
accident.  
PCS-linked seat belt preten-  
sioner control  
If the PCS (Pre-Collision System)  
determines that the possibility of a  
collision with a vehicle is high, the  
seat belt pretensioners will be pre-  
pared to operate.  
WARNING  
Seat belt pretensioners  
Observe the following precautions  
to reduce the risk of injury in the  
event of sudden braking, sudden  
swerving or an accident.  
Failure to do so may result in  
death or serious injury.  
Seat belt pretensioners  
(front seats and outboard-  
rear seats)  
Do not place anything, such as  
a cushion, on the front passen-  
ger’s seat. Doing so will  
disperse the passenger’s  
weight, which prevents the sen-  
sor from detecting the passen-  
ger’s weight properly. As a  
result, the seat belt pretensioner  
for the front passenger’s seat  
may not operate in the event of  
a collision.  
The pretensioners help the seat  
belts to quickly restrain the  
occupants by retracting the seat  
belts when the vehicle is sub-  
jected to certain types of severe  
frontal or side collision or a vehi-  
If a pretensioner has operated,  
the SRS warning light will illumi-  
nate. In this situation, the seat  
belt cannot be used and must  
be replaced by your Toyota  
dealer.