Renault Kangoo 2000 - Features Supplementing the Front Seat Belt; Front Seat Belt Pretensioners

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FEATURES SUPPLEMENTING THE FRONT SEAT BELT
These are:
■ frontseatbeltpretensioners
(described below).
■ force limiter,
■ driver and front passenger
airbags (described on the
following pages).
Thesesystemsareprovidedtoact
independently or together when the
vehicle is subjected to a frontal
impact.
There are three possibilities,
depending on the force of the
impact:
- protection is provided by the belt
only;
- the pretensioner is triggered to
rectify belt position and take up
play in the belt;
- the airbag and the force limiter are
also triggered when there are
severe impacts.
Frontseatbeltpretensioners
This system is only operational
when the ignition is switched on.
If the vehicle is subject to a severe
frontal impact, piston 1
immediately retracts the seat belt
buckle pulling the seat belt tight
against the body and thereby
improving its efficiency.
• After an accident, have
theentirerestraint
system checked
• No work whatsoever may be
performed on the pretensioner
system (computer, wiring, etc.).
• Only qualified RENAULT
personnel may work on the
pretensioner system; otherwise
the system may trigger
accidentally and cause injury.
• Testing the electric trigger system
mayonlybecarriedoutbya
specially trained technician
using special equipment.
• When scrapping your vehicle,
contact your RENAULT Dealer
fordisposalofthegasgenerator.