Before driving

Seat belt pretensioners (front and outer second seats)

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The pretensioner helps the seat belt to quickly restrain the occu- pant by retracting the seat belt when the vehicle is subjected to certain types of severe frontal colli- sion or side collision or a vehicle rollover.

The pretensioner may not activate in the event of a minor frontal impact, a minor side impact or a rear impact.

Pre-collision seat belts (front seats of vehicles with pre-collision system)

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