Renault TRAFIC 2024 - Additional Safety Devices; Methods of Restraint in Addition to the Front Seat Belts

ADDITIONAL SAFETY DEVICES
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Methods of restraint in addition
to the front seat belts
Depending on the vehicle, they may
comprise:
– front seat belt inertia reel preten
sioners;
– chest force limiters;
– Airbags driver and passenger
front airbags. driver and passenger
front airbags.
Thesesystemsaredesignedtoactin
dependentlyortogetherwhentheve
hicle is subjected to a frontal impact.
Dependingontheseverityoftheim
pact, the system can cause:
– blocking of the seat belt;
– the seat belt inertia reel pretensioner
which is triggered to correct seat belt
slack;
– front Airbag.
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signifi
cant frontal impact and depending on
the severity of the impact, the system
may trigger the seat belt inertia reel
pretensioner 1 which instantly retracts
the seat belt.
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.
– Havetheentirere
straint system checked
following an accident.
– Nooperationwhatsoeverisper
mitted on any part of the system
(pretensioners,Airbags,comput
ers,wiring)andthesystemcom
ponents must not be reused on
anyothervehicle,evenifidenti
cal.
– Only qualified personnel from
our Network may work on the
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.
– When the vehicle is scrapped,
contact an approved dealer for
disposal of the pretensioner and
Airbags gas generators.