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for approximately 35 seconds.
Successively, the acoustic warning is
deactivated and the icon lights up with
fixed light until the end of the entire
cycle. Furthermore, the icons lights up
for a few seconds whenever one of the
rear doors is opened.
WARNING As far as the rear seats
are concerned, the SBR system will
only indicate whether the seat belts
are unfastened (red icon) or fastened
(green icon), not the presence of any
passengers.
The icons all stay off if all seat belts
(front and rear) are fastened when the
ignition device is set to the ENGINE
position. For the rear seats, the icons
will activate a few seconds after the
ignition device has been turned to
ENGINE regardless of the status of the
seat belts (even if the seat belts are all
fastened).
All the icons will come on when at least
one belt changes from fastened to
unfastened status or vice versa.
PRE-TENSIONERS
The car is equipped with front and rear
seat belts pretensioners, that reduce
slack in the belts in the event of a
severe frontal collision. This guarantees
the perfect adherence of the seat belts
to the occupants' bodies before the
restraining action begins.
It is evident that the pretensioners have
operated when the belt withdraws
towards the retractor. This car is also
equipped with a second pretensioner
(fitted in the kick plate area). Its
activation is signalled by the shortening
of the metal cable.
A slight discharge of smoke may be
produced during the activation of the
pretensioner which is not harmful and
does not involve any fire hazard. The
pretensioner does not require any
maintenance or lubrication:
any changes to its original conditions
will invalidate its efficiency.
If, due to unusual natural events
(floods, sea storms, etc.), the device
has been affected by water or mud,
have it replaced.
WARNING To obtain the highest
degree of protection from the action of
the pretensioner, wear the seat belt
tight to the chest and pelvis.
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LOAD LIMITERS
To increase occupant safety, the
retractors of the safety belts contain a
load limiter to dose the force acting on
the chest and shoulders during the belt
restraining action in the case of frontal
collisions.
GENERAL WARNINGS
FOR USING THE SEAT
BELTS
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Seat belts are also to be worn by
pregnant women: the risk of injury in
the case of collision is greatly reduced
for them and the unborn child if they
are wearing a seat belt.
Pregnant women must position the
lower part of the belt very low down so
that it passes over the pelvis and under
the abdomen (see fig. 109).
While pregnancy increases, the driver
must adjust both seat and steering
wheel to have full control over the car
(pedals and steering wheel should be
easily accessed).
The maximum clearance should be
kept between the abdomen and the
steering wheel.
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