2753496 - Introduction - SEAT BELTS AND ACCESSORIES

The car is fitted with seat belts with three anchorage points. As an option, the third rear passenger seat can also be fitted with a belt with automatic inertia reel. The height-adjustable front seat belts are fitted with electrically-operated pretensioners with load limiter. There is a sensor, on the branch anchoring the belt to the driver's seat which warns when the seat belt is not fastened by means of a warning light in the instrument panel (with the ignition ON). On all the rear seat places, in versions so fitted out, there are seat belts with three anchorage points and inertia reel, mounted on the roof pillars, or the roof itself for the central place. View of seat belt layout on car
1 - Front seat belts 2 - Electrically-controlled pretensioners 3 - Front belt anchorage branches 4 - Air bag control unit 5 - Side rear seat belts 6 - Side inertia reel seat belts 7 - Central rear seat belt 8 - Central inertia reel seat belt 9 - Rear belt anchorage branches

REEL WITH PRETENSIONER AND LOAD LIMITER

The front seat belt reels are fitted with electrically-activated pretensioners controlled by the air bag control unit  Characteristic of working principle 5580C  air bag system, with a load limiting device. This device was introduced to increase passive safety, and consists of a torsion bar that allows controlled yield during the restraining action in order to modulate the force acting on the shoulders.

REAR CENTRAL SEAT BELT REEL

The rear central seat belt reel is located on the rear of the roof, on the right.