Renault Kangoo - Restraint Systems in Addition to Front Seat Belts

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RESTRAINT SYSTEMS IN ADDITION TO FRONT SEAT BELTS
Pretensioners
With the ignition on, if the vehicle is
subjected to a severe frontal impact,
piston 1 immediately retracts the
seat belt buckle, pulling the seat belt
against the body and thereby
increasing its efficiency.
These are:
- pretensioners (described below),
- force limiter,
- driver’s and passenger airbags
(described on the following pages).
These systems are designed to act
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
slack in the belt;
- the airbag and the force limiter are
also triggered when there are
severe impacts.
- Have the entire restraint
system checked following
an accident.
- No operation whatsoever is
permitted on any part of the
pretensioner system (computer,
wiring) and the system components
must not be reused on any other
vehicle, even if identical.
- Only qualified RENAULT
personnel may work on the
pretensioner system; otherwise
the system may trigger
accidentally and cause injury.
- The electric trigger system may
only be tested by a specially
trained technician using special
equipment.
- When scrapping your vehicle,
contact your RENAULT Dealer for
disposal of the gas generator.
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