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FEATURES SUPPLEMENTING THE FRONT SEAT BELT
These are:
■
front seat belt pretensioners
(described below).
■
force limiter,
■
driver
and
front
passenger
airbags
(described
on
the
following pages).
These systems are provided to act
independently or together when the
vehicle is subjected to a frontal
impact.
There
are
three
possibilities,
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.
Front seat belt pretensioners
This system is only operational
when the ignition is switched on.
If the vehicle is subject to a severe
frontal
impact,
piston
1
immediately retracts the seat belt
buckle pulling the seat belt tight
against
the
body
and
thereby
improving its efficiency.
• After an accident, have
the
entire
restraint
system checked
• No work whatsoever may be
performed on the pretensioner
system (computer, wiring, etc.).
• Only
qualified
RENAULT
personnel may work on the
pretensioner system; otherwise
the
system
may
trigger
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.
