Chevrolet Captiva Manual page 45

Front seatbelt pretensioner
The front seatbelt pretensioners form one assem-
bly with the buckles. The pretensioner front seat-
belt buckle contains a mechanically controlled
pyrotechnical piston which reduces the seatbelt
slack when it is activated in a head-on or angled
front collision.
The front retractors have integrated load limitors.
They are designed to reduce the load of the occu-
pant torso during a crash event by allowing extrac-
tion of webbing from a locked retractor.
The pretensioner front seatbelt buckle must be
replaced after an accident that caused its activa-
tion. A deployed pretensioner can be recognised by
the shortened buckle strap.
Restraint System
Deployed pretensioner recognition
1. Non deployed pretensioner
2. Deployed pretensioner
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