Seat, seatbelt and SRS airbags
Front seatbelt pretensioners
must be replaced.
NOTE
The driver’s and front passenger’s seatbelts have a seatbelt pretensioner. The
seatbelt pretensioners are designed to be
activated in the event of an accident
involving a moderate to severe frontal
collision.
& Seatbelt with shoulder belt
pretensioner
NOTE
This section is applicable to the following components.
. Except XV CROSSTREK models:
– Driver’s side seatbelt
– Front passenger’s side seatbelt
. XV CROSSTREK models:
– Driver’s side seatbelt
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The pretensioner sensor also serves as
the frontal SRS airbag sensor. If the
sensor detects a certain predetermined
amount of force during a frontal collision,
the front seatbelt is quickly drawn back in
by the retractor to take up the slack so that
the belt more effectively restrains the front
seat occupant.
When a seatbelt pretensioner is activated,
an operating noise will be heard and a
small amount of smoke will be released.
These occurrences are normal and not
harmful. This smoke does not indicate a
fire in the vehicle.
Once the seatbelt pretensioner has been
activated, the seatbelt retractor remains
locked. Consequently, the seatbelt can not
be pulled out and retracted and therefore
. Seatbelt pretensioners are not designed to activate in minor frontal
impacts, in side impacts or in rear
impacts.
. In the case of rollover accidents
– XV CROSSTREK models:
As the curtain airbags deploy, the
driver’s side seatbelt pretensioner
a n d f r o n t p a s s e n g e r ’s s i d e
shoulder belt pretensioner are activated simultaneously.
– Except XV CROSSTREK models:
Seatbelt pretensioners are not activated.
. The following four components operate simultaneously.
– Seatbelt pretensioner for driver
– Seatbelt pretensioner for front
passenger
– SRS frontal airbag for driver
– SRS frontal airbag for front passenger*
*: This does not operate if the occupant
detection system deactivates airbag operation. For details, refer to “Front
passenger’s SRS frontal airbag” F1-44.
. Pretensioners are designed to function on a one-time-only basis. In the
event that a pretensioner is activated,
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