Renault ESPASE 2005 - METHODS OF RESTRAINT IN ADDITION TO THE SEAT BELTS

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METHODS OF RESTRAINT IN ADDITION TO THE SEAT BELTS
- Following an accident, it is
necessary to have the entire
restraint system checked by
a qualified technician.
- 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.
- To avoid incorrect triggering of the
system which may cause injury,
only qualified RENAULT Network
personnel may work on the
pretensioner and airbag system.
- The electric trigger system may
only be tested by a specially
trained technician using special
equipment.
- When the vehicle is scrapped,
contact your RENAULT Dealer for
disposal of the pretensioner and
airbag gas generators.
These are:
■ buckle pretensioners,
■ lap belt pretensioners in the front
seats,
■ force limiters,
■ driver and passenger frontal
airbags.
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 trigger:
- seat belt locking;
- the buckle pretensioner (which
engages to correct seat belt slack);
- the lap belt pretensioner, low
volume front airbag and the force
limiter;
- the “large volume” front airbag.
Pretensioners
With the ignition switched on, if
there is a severe frontal impact and
depending on the force of the
impact, the system may engage:
- piston 1 which instantly retracts
the seat belt;
- piston 2.
The pretensioners hold the seat belt
against the body and thus increase
its efficiency.
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