Safety features of your vehicle
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Pre-tensioner seat belt
Your vehicle is equipped with driver's and front passenger's pre-tensioner seat
belts. The purpose of the pre-tensioner is
to make sure that the seat belts fit tightly
against the occupant's body in certain
frontal or side collisions or rollovers. The
pre-tensioner seat belts may be activated
in crashes where the frontal or side colli-
sion or rollover is severe enough. When the vehicle stops suddenly, or if
the occupant tries to lean forward too
quickly, the seat belt retractor will lock
into position. In certain frontal or side col-
lisions or rollovers, the pre-tensioner will
activate and pull the seat belt into tighter
contact against the occupant's body.
If the system senses excessive seat belt
tension on the driver or passenger's seat
belt when the pre-tensioner activates, the load limiter inside the pre-tensioner will release some of the pressure on the
affected seat belt.✽✽
NOTICE
The pre-tensioner will activate not only
in a frontal collision but also in a side
collision or rollover, if the vehicle is
equipped with a side or curtain air bag. The seat belt pre-tensioner system con-
sists mainly of the following components.
Their locations are shown in the illustra- tion:
1. SRS air bag warning light
2. Retractor pre-tensioner assembly
3. SRS control module
4. Anchor pre-tensioner assembly (Driver/Passanger side, if equipped)
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WARNING
For your safety, be sure that the belt webbing is not loose or twisted and
always sit properly on your seat.
