ADDITIONAL SAFETY DEVICES
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22 - Getting to know your vehicle
Methods of restraint in addition
to the front seat belts
Depending on the vehicle, they may
comprise:
– front seat belt inertia reel
pretensioners;
– chest force limiters;
– airbags driver and passenger
front.
These systems are designed to act
independently or together when the
vehicle is subjected to a frontal impact.
Depending on the severity of the
impact, the system can cause:
– blocking of the seat belt;
– the seat belt inertia reel pretensioner
which is triggered to correct seat belt
slack;
– the airbags.
Pretensioners
The pretensioners hold the seat belt
against the body, holding the occupant
more securely against the seat, thus
increasing the seat belt's efficiency.
With the ignition on, following a
significant frontal impact and
depending on the severity of the
impact, the system may trigger the
seat belt inertia reel pretensioner
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which instantly retracts the seat belt.
– Have the entire
restraint system checked
following an accident.
– No operation whatsoever is
permitted on any part of the
system (pretensioners, airbags,
computers, wiring) and the
system components must not be
reused on any other vehicle, even
if identical.
– Only qualified personnel from
our Network may work on the
pretensioners and airbags,
otherwise the system may trigger
accidentally and cause injury.
– The electrical trigger system
may only be tested by a specially
trained technician using special
equipment.
– If scrapping your vehicle,
contact an approved dealer for
disposal of the gas generator of
the pretensioners and airbags.
Load limiter
Above a certain severity of impact, this
mechanism is used to limit the force of
the belt against the body so that it is at
an acceptable level.
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