Renault Clio 2004 Owner's Manual page 20

RESTRAINT SYSTEMS IN ADDITION TO THE FRONT SEAT BELTS
These are:
Seat belt pretensioners
Force limiter.
Airbags for driver
passenger.
These systems are designed to act
independently or together when the
vehicle is subjected to a frontal
impact.
There are three
depending on the force of the
impact:
- protection is provided by the belt
only;
- the pretensioner is triggered to
rectify belt position and take up
play in the belt;
- the airbag and the force limiter are
also triggered when there are
severe impacts.
Side airbags are provided to
activate in the event of severe
side impacts.
and
possibilities,
Front seat belt pretensioners
The system is not operational until
a few seconds after the ignition has
been switched on.
In the event of a significant frontal
impact, a computer triggers the seat
belt buckle pretensioner igniter and
sets a piston 1 in motion. This
piston immediately retracts the seat
belt buckle, pulling the seat belt
against the body and thereby
improving its efficiency.
1
• After an accident, have
the entire
system checked
• No operation whatsoever
permitted on any part of the
pretensioner system (computer,
wiring) and the
components must not be reused
on any other vehicle, even if
identical.
• Only qualified
personnel may work on the
pretensioner system; otherwise
the system may
accidentally and cause injury.
• Testing of the electric trigger
system may only be carried out
by a specially trained technician
using special equipment.
• When the vehicle is scrapped,
contact your RENAULT Dealer
for disposal of the pretensioner
and airbag gas generators.
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