Seat belt pretensioners
The vehicle's seat belts are equipped with standard and electric pretensioners that can help pull the seat belts taut in a critical situation or a collision. Some or all of the pretensioners will be triggered in certain types of collisions, depending on the direction and severity of the impact.
Reversible seat belt pretensioners
Reversible seat belt pretensioners is a system in the front seats that pulls the seat belts slightly taut prior to a collision. This function helps position the front seat occupants to help improve the effects of other safety systems, e.g., the airbag system.
Seat belt pretensioners in collisions
The seat belts are equipped with standard pretensioners that are triggered according to the severity of a collision.
Seat belt pretensioners in critical situations
In addition to the standard pretensioners, the seat belts in the front seats are also equipped with electric pretensioners.
The pretensioners interact and can be triggered along with the City Safety and Rear Collision Warning systems. In critical situations such as sudden braking, evasive maneuvers, etc., the seat belt can be pulled taut by the pretensioner's electric motor.
The electric pretensioner positions the occupant in the seat to help reduce the risk of striking the interior of the passenger compartment and improves the effect of other safety systems such as the airbags.
Resetting the electric pretensioners
When a critical situation has passed, the seat belt and the electric pretensioner are reset automatically.
- Stop the vehicle safely.
- Unbuckle the seat belt and rebuckle it.The seat belt and the electric pretensioner will be reset.