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METHODS OF RESTRAINT IN ADDITION TO THE FRONT SEAT BELTS
These are:
O Front seat belt pretensioners.
O Force limiters.
O Driver's and passenger airbags.
These airbags are adaptable in
that they offer a small or large
volume depending on the
severity of the frontal impact.
These systems are provided to act
independently or together when the
vehicle is subjected to a frontal
impact.
Depending on the force of the
impact the system may engage:
- seat belt locking;
- the buckle pretensioner (which
triggers to take up the slack in the
seat belt);
- the lap belt pretensioner to keep
the occupant in their seat, the low
volume front airbag and the load
limiters;
- the large volume front airbag.
O Side airbags are provided to
activate in the event of severe
side impacts.
Front seat belt pretensioners
With the ignition switched on, if
there is a severe frontal impact and
depending on the force of the
impact, the system may engage:
- the piston 1 which immediately
retracts the seat belt.
The pretensioners pull the seat
belt against the body, holding the
occupant more securely against the
seat, thus increasing the seat belt's
efficiency.
• Have the entire restraint
system checked following
an accident.
• No operation whatsoever
is permitted on any part of the
system (pretensioners, airbags,
computers, wiring) and the
system components must not be
re-used on any other vehicle,
even if identical.
• To avoid premature triggering of
the system which may cause
injury, only qualified RENAULT
Network personnel may work on
the pretensioner and airbag
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
for disposal of the pretensioner
and airbag gas generators.