Seat, seatbelt and SRS airbags/Seatbelt pretensioners
& Front passenger’s seatbelt
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The front passenger’s seatbelt has a
shoulder belt and a lap belt pretensioner.
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which limits the peak forces exerted by the
seatbelt on the occupant in the event of a
collision.
The adaptive force limiter will select a
reducing load to the suit body size of
occupant as detected by the occupant
detection sensor.
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.
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Seatbelt retractor assembly (shoulder
belt pretensioner and adaptive force
limiter)
Lap belt pretensioner
Once the seatbelt pretensioner has been
activated, the seatbelt pretensioner re-
mains locked. Consequently, the seatbelt
cannot be pulled out and retracted and
therefore must be replaced.
On the front passenger’s side, the
shoulder belt pretensioner is supplemen-
ted by a lap belt pretensioner, which is
located at the base of the center pillar. Like
the shoulder belt pretensioner, the lap belt
pretensioner instantaneously pulls in the
belt to eliminate slack if a certain level of
frontal collision force is detected. As a
result, the seatbelt restrains the front seat
occupant more effectively.
The front passenger’s seatbelt preten-
sioner includes a tension reducing device
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