184000401 - INTRODUCTION - SEAT BELTS AND ACCESSORIES

SPECIFCATIONS

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).The side rear seats are fitted with seat belts with three anchorage points and inertia reel fitted to the roof panel pillars. Standard equipment for the rear seat is a lap belt with two anchorage points without reel. As an option, the car can be fitted with a seat belt with three anchorage points and inertia reel in conjunction with a third head restraint.

COMPOSITION

View of seat belt on car
1 - Front seat belts2 - Electrically-controlled pretensioners3 - Front belt anchorage branches4 - Air bag control unit5 - Side rear seat belts6 - Side inertia reel seat belts7 - Central rear seat belt8 - Central inertia reel seat belt9 - 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 inside the left rear pillar trim anchored to the structure above the wheel arch.