In Addition To The Rear Seat Belts - Renault Modus Manual

RESTRAINT DEVICES IN ADDITION TO THE REAR SEAT BELTS
Depending on the vehicle, these
include:
Seat belt pretensioners
integrated into the inertia reels.
Force limiter.
These systems are designed to act
independently or together when the
vehicle is subjected to a frontal
impact.
There are two scenarios, depending
on the force of the impact:
- protection is provided by the belt
only;
- the pretensioner is triggered to
take up the slack in the seat belt.
Rear seat belt pretensioners
This system is only operational
when the ignition is switched on.
If the vehicle is subjected to a severe
frontal impact, a device retracts the
seat belt, pulling the seat belt tight
against the body
improving its effectiveness.
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• Have the entire restraint
• No operation
permitted on any part of the
system (pretensioners, airbags,
computers,
system components must not be
reused on any other vehicle, even
an identical vehicle.
• To avoid premature triggering of
the system which may cause
injury, only qualified RENAULT
Network personnel may work on
the pretensioner
system.
• 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
and thus
for disposal of the pretensioner
and airbag gas generators.
system checked following
an accident.
whatsoever is
wiring) and the
and airbag
Force limiter
Above a certain severity of impact,
this mechanism is used to limit the
force of the belt against the body so
that it is at an acceptable level.