Safety Belt (Adaptive Load Limiting) Retractor
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2008 Mercury Sable, 2008 Ford Taurus X, and 2008 Ford Taurus. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
This vehicle is equipped with driver and front passenger adaptive load limiting retractors. Adaptive load limiting retractors are pyrotechnic devices integrated to the driver and passenger safety belt retractor assemblies. Adaptive load limiting retractors work in conjunction with the safety belt buckle pretensioners and control the tension of the driver and passenger seat belts in the event of a deployable collision. The restraints control module (RCM) monitors the readiness of the adaptive load limiting retractors. The RCM uses this information and all other information provided by the restraints system to determine what action is to be taken.