Toyota 2008 Rav4 Owner's Manual page 73

The seat belt pretensioners are controlled
by the airbag sensor assembly. The airbag
sensor assembly consists of a safing sen-
sor and airbag sensor.
When the seat belt pretensioners are acti-
vated, an operating noise may be heard
and a small amount of non−toxic gas may
be released. This does not indicate that
a fire is occurring. This gas is normally
harmless.
Once the seat belt pretensioners have
been activated, the seat belt retractors
remain locked.
If the vehicle is involved in multiple colli-
sions, the pretensioner will activate for the
first collision, but will not activate for the
second or subsequent collisions.
'08 Rav4_U (L/O 0802)
CAUTION
Observe the following precautions to
reduce the risk of injury in the event
of sudden braking or an accident.
Failure to do so may cause death or
severe injury.
If the pretensioner has activated,
D
the seat belt becomes locked: it
cannot be further extended, nor will
it return to the stowed position.
The seat belt cannot be used again
and must be replaced at
Toyota dealer.
Do not modify, remove, strike or
D
open the seat belt pretensioner as-
semblies, airbag sensor or
rounding area or wiring. Consult
your Toyota dealer about any repair
and modification.
NOTICE
Do not perform any of the following
changes without consulting
Toyota dealer. Such
interfere with proper operation of the
seat belt pretensioners
cases.
z Installation of electronic
such as a mobile two−way radio,
cassette tape player
disc player
z Repairs on or near the front seat
your
belt retractor assemblies
z Modification of the suspension sys-
tem
z Modification of the front end struc-
sur-
ture
z Attachment of a grille guard (bull
bar, kangaroo bar, etc.), snowplow,
winches or any other equipment to
the front end
z Repairs made on or near the front
fenders, front end structure or con-
sole
2008 RAV4 from Feb. '08 Prod. (OM42726U)
your
changes can
in some
devices
or compact
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