Automatic Seat Belt Tensioners - Acura mdx 2016 Owner's Manual

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Automatic Seat Belt Tensioners

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Seat Belt e-pretensioners
* Not available on all models
The front seats are equipped with automatic
seat belt tensioners to enhance safety.
The tensioners automatically tighten the front
seat belts during a moderate-to-severe frontal
collision, sometimes even if the collision is not
severe enough to inflate the front airbags or
the driver's knee airbag.
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Are the motor-powered pretensioners that
start to retract the front seat belts when the
CMBS TM , brake assist system, or VSA® system
is in operation. They may also activate when
you steer the vehicle hard, or the vehicle is
impacted. After retracted, the seat belts are
slackened to their original positions.
As convenient features, the e-pretensioners
slightly retract the seat belts when you latch
the seat belt buckle, depress the brake pedal
more aggressively than you normally do, or
make a sharp turn, and fully retract when you
release the seat belt buckle.
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1Automatic Seat Belt Tensioners
The seat belt tensioners can only operate once.
If a tensioner is activated, the SRS indicator will come
on. Have a dealer replace the tensioner and
thoroughly inspect the seat belt system as it may not
offer protection in a subsequent crash.
During a moderate-to-severe side impact, the
tensioner on that side of the vehicle also activates.
1Seat Belt e-pretensioners *
If only the e-pretensioners were activated, no
components need to be replaced.
The e-pretensioners may not work if:
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A warning message for e-pretensioners appears on
multi-information display.
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Vehicle Stability Assist (VSA®) System Indicator is
on.
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