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Supplementary restraint systems for front seat belts

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Depending on the vehicle version, they include:

  • front seat belt pretensioners;
  • collarbone belt pretensioners;
  • driver's and front passenger's frontal airbags.

These systems may operate separately or together in the event of a frontal collision of the vehicle with an obstacle.

Depending on the force of the impact, the system may activate:

  • seat belt locking mechanism;
  • seat belt retractor pretensioners (which activate to remove belt slack);
  • airbags.

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