Features Supplementing The Front Seat Belt; Front Seat Belt Pretensioners - Renault Kangoo 1998 Manual

FEATURES SUPPLEMENTING THE FRONT SEAT BELT

These are:

front seat belt pretensioners

(described below).
force limiter,
driver and front
airbags (described
following pages).
These systems are provided 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.
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passenger
on the
possibilities,
Front seat belt pretensioners
This system is only operational
when the ignition is switched on.
If the vehicle is subject to a severe
frontal
immediately retracts the seat belt
buckle pulling the seat belt tight
against the body and thereby
improving its efficiency.
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impact, piston 1
• After an accident, have
the entire
system checked
• No work whatsoever may be
performed on the pretensioner
system (computer, wiring, etc.).
• Only qualified
personnel may work on the
pretensioner system; otherwise
the system may
accidentally and cause injury.
• Testing the electric trigger system
may only be carried out by a
specially trained technician
using special equipment.
• When scrapping your vehicle,
contact your RENAULT Dealer
for disposal of the gas generator.
restraint
RENAULT
trigger