Methods Of Restraint In Addition To The Front Seat Belts - Renault kangoo storia Driver's Handbook Manual

METHODS OF RESTRAINT IN ADDITION TO THE FRONT SEAT BELTS

These are:
– pretensioners,
– force limiter,
– driver's and passenger air bags.
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 level of impact force:
– protection is provided by the seat
belt only;
– the pretensioner is triggered to rec-
tify belt position and seat belt slack;
– the air bag and the force limiter are
also triggered when there are severe
impacts.
1.22
1
Pretensioners
With the ignition on, in the event of
a serious frontal impact, piston 1 in-
stantly retracts the seat belt buckle,
pulling the seat belt against the body
and thereby increasing its efficiency.
(1/5)
– Have the entire restraint
system checked following
an accident.
– No operation whatso-
ever is permitted on any part of
the system (pretensioners, air
bags, computers, wiring) and the
system components must not
be reused on any other vehicle,
even if identical.
– To avoid incorrect triggering of the
system which may cause injury,
only qualified personnel from an
approved dealer may work on the
pretensioner and air bag system.
– The electric 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
air bag gas generators.