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Seatbelt Pretensioners
. If the seatbelt retractor assembly or surrounding area has been damaged, contact your SUBARU dealer as soon as possible.
. When you sell your vehicle, we urge you to inform the buyer that the vehicle is equipped with seatbelt pretensioners. Also, notify the buyer of the contents in this section.
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NOTE
This section is applicable to the following components.
. Driver’ s seatbelt. Window-side rear passengers’ seatbelts
The pretensioner sensor also serves as follows.
. Front impact sensors. Side impact sensors. Front door impact sensors. Rollover sensor
If the sensor detects a certain predetermined amount of force during frontal or side collisions or rollover accidents, any seatbelt that has a seatbelt pretensioner is quickly drawn back in by the retractor to take up the slack so that the belt more effectively restrains the seat occupant.
The window-side rear passenger’ s seatbelt pretensioner includes a tension reducing device which limits the peak forces exerted by the seatbelt on the occupant in the event of a collision.
The driver’ s seatbelt pretensioner includes a tension reducing device 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 suit the body size of the occupant as detected by the occupant detection sensors.
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 cannot be pulled out and retracted and therefore must be replaced.
& Seatbelt with Shoulder Belt and Lap Belt Pretensioners
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NOTE
This section is applicable to the front passenger’ s seatbelt.
1 Seatbelt retractor assembly( shoulder belt pretensioner and adaptive force limiter)
2 Lap belt pretensioner