What are these?
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Not 100% but believe they are the safteyfeature which deactivates the airbags when the seat is fully forward. Ie the thinking is if your too close the airbag will cause more damage than help.
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Just noticed the dodgy second picture - bit blurry and upside down.
Heres the right way up but same pic. They are on the inside sill just up from the floor of the car.
Thanks dablk, do you mean these or the switch? Or both? I was thinking side impact sensors perhaps for airbags.
Heres the right way up but same pic. They are on the inside sill just up from the floor of the car.
Thanks dablk, do you mean these or the switch? Or both? I was thinking side impact sensors perhaps for airbags.
Them switchs. As said I await to be corrected but think that's what they are for.
dont know about the other pic.
dont know about the other pic.
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never heard of them.
It makes the airbag go "BANG"
A seat belt pre tensioner is a device that is used to hold a passenger firmly in their seat just before and at the start of a collision (especially in a front or head on collision) and then allow that passenger to come into contact with the inflated airbag in a controlled way.
| The pre tensioner is an addition to the basic seat belt. While the basic has been to reduce serious injury and save lives, research and crash testing has shown that the seat belt in itself is not perfect and that it can be improved. With a seat belt there is still a small space between it and the passenger. If a frontal collision occurs, the passenger's body moves forward quickly but the seat belt stiffens up to restrain the passenger from any further forward movement. The passenger's body can also compress against the seat belt in the slight forward movement. This process is very good compared to someone who is not wearing a seat belt but it is not the perfect scenario as the possibility exist that the passenger can still be severely shaken up and it may not always work perfectly with the airbag. How the seat belt pre tensioner works is by tightening the seat belt as soon as the collision occurs or even before by monitoring sudden hard application of the brakes. The belt is pulled tightly against the passenger and holds them firmly in the soft seats. Some milliseconds later it releases the passenger in a timely manner to hit the airbag at the correct time. There are two types of seat belt pre tensioners: Mechanical Pre Tensioner This pre tensioner is operated mechanically. It is usually connected to the seat belt buckle assembly with a long powerful spring that is compressed in a tube and is kept compressed by a latching mechanism. If an accident occurs the impact causes the latch to release the spring which pulls on the buckle assembly and tightens the seat belt. Electronic/Pyrotechnic Pre Tensioner This pre tensioner operates with an ECU and a gas generator system in a similar way to the airbag. In fact the electronic pre tensioner usually works together with the airbag and may even use the same ECU as the airbag and that increases its effectiveness. An explosive charge is used and causes the gas generator to produce a volume of gas. This volume of gas produces a pressure which acts on a mechanical linkage to pull the seat belt. This pre tensioner is usually located in the B-pillar. |
Both pre tensioners are intended to be used once. Once a pre tensioner has been deployed the entire mechanism including the seat belts should be replaced. The seat belt pre tensioner can be found on the front and rear seats to provide all round safety and protection.
The second picture is the impact sensor for the air bag system,which detects the impact and sends information to the airbag computer to decide which airbag or pretensioner to fire off.
Both should be left well alone unless you know what you're doing.
Both should be left well alone unless you know what you're doing.