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RESTRAINT SYSTEMS IN ADDITION TO THE FRONT SEAT BELT
S
These are:
■
Seat belt pretensioners
■
Force limiter.
■
Airbags
for
driver
and
passenger.
These systems are designed 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.
■
Side airbags
are provided to
activate in the event of severe
side impacts.
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.
• After an accident, have
the
entire
restraint
system checked
• No
operation
whatsoever
is
permitted on any part of the
pretensioner system (computer,
wiring)
and
the
system
components must not be reused
on any other vehicle, even if
identical.
• Only
qualified
RENAULT
personnel may work on the
pretensioner system; otherwise
the
system
may
trigger
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.