Renault Clio 2007 Owner's Manual page 23

METHODS OF RESTRAINT IN ADDITION TO THE FRONT SEAT BELTS
These are:
– Front seat belt pretensioners.
– Force limiter.
– Air bags for driver and front pas-
senger.
These systems are designed to act
independently or together when
the vehicle is subjected to a frontal
impact.
There are three possibilities, de-
pending on the level of impact force:
– protection is provided by the seat
belt only;
– the pretensioner is triggered to
rectify belt position and take up
seat belt slack;
– the air bag and the force limiter
are also triggered when there are
severe impacts.
– Side air bags are provided to deploy
in the event of severe side impacts.
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1
Front seat belt pretensioners
With the ignition switched on, if the ve-
hicle is subject to a significant frontal
impact the system may, depending on
the severity of the impact, trigger pis-
ton 1 which instantly retracts the belt.
The pretensioners hold the seat belt
against the body, holding the occupant
more securely against the seat, thus in-
creasing the seat belt's efficiency.
– 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 RENAULT Network
personnel may work on the pre-
tensioner and air bag system.
– The ignition module electrical
specifications may only be tested
by a specially trained technician
using special equipment.
– When the vehicle is scrapped,
contact your RENAULT Dealer
for disposal of the pretensioner
and air bag gas generators.