Seat Belt Pretensioner System (Only For Front Seat) - Suzuki NEXA BALENO Owner's Manual & Service Booklet

Seat Belt Pretensioner
System (Only for Front Seat)
WARNING
This section describes your Maruti
Suzuki vehicle's seat belt preten-
sioner system. Read and follow all
these instructions carefully to mini-
mize your risk of severe injury or
death.
To determine if your vehicle is equipped
with a seat belt pretensioner system at the
front or rear seating positions, check the
label on the seat belt at the bottom part. If
the letter "p" appears as illustrated, your
vehicle is equipped with the seat belt pre-
tensioner system. You can use the preten-
sioner seat belts in the same manner as
ordinary seat belts.
Read this section and "Supplemental
Restraint System (Airbags)" section to
learn more about the pretensioner system.
The seat belt pretensioner system works
with the supplemental restraint system (air-
bags). The crash sensors and the elec-
tronic controller of the airbag system also
control the seat belt pretensioners. The
pretensioners are triggered only when
there is a frontal or side collision severe
enough to trigger the airbags and the seat
belts are fastened. For precautions and
general information including servicing the
pretensioner system, refer to "Supplemen-
tal Restraint System (Airbags)" section in
55T020520
addition to this "Seat Belt Pretensioner
system" section, and follow all those pre-
cautions.
The pretensioner is located in each front
seat belt retractor. The pretensioner tight-
ens the seat belt so the belt fits the occu-
pant's body more snugly in the event of a
frontal or side collision. The retractors will
remain locked after the pretensioners are
activated. Upon activation, some noise will
occur and some smoke may be released.
These conditions are not harmful and do
not indicate a fire in the vehicle.
The driver and all passengers must be
properly restrained by fastening seat belts
at all times, whether or not a pretensioner
is equipped at their seating position, to
FOR SAFE DRIVING
minimize the risk of severe injury or death
in the event of a collision.
Sit fully back in the seat; sit up straight; do
not lean forward or sideways. Adjust the
belt so the lap portion of the belt is worn
low across the pelvis, not across the waist.
Please refer to "Seat Adjustment" section
and the instructions and precautions about
the seat belts in this "Seat Belts and Child
Restraint Systems" section for details on
proper seat and seat belt adjustments.
Please note that the pretensioners along
with the airbags will activate in severe fron-
tal or side collisions. They are not
designed to activate in rear impacts, roll-
overs, or minor frontal side collisions. The
pretensioners can be activated only once.
If the pretensioners are activated (that is, if
the airbags are activated), have the pre-
tensioner system serviced by Maruti
Suzuki authorised workshop as soon as
possible.
The pretensioner system or the airbag sys-
tem may not work properly if any of the fol-
lowing conditions occurs:
1) If the air bag warning light on the instru-
ment cluster does not come on briefly,
when the ignition switch is turned to the
"ON" position or the engine switch is
pressed to change the ignition mode to
"ON".
2) If the air bag light comes on and stays
on for more than 10 seconds, when the
ignition switch is turned to the "ON"
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