Safety Belt Buckle PRETENSIONERS, Safety Belt Retractor PRETENSIONERS And Load Limiting Safety Belt Retractors - In-Vehicle Deployment
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2009 Mercury Grand Marquis and 2009 Ford Crown Victoria. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
WARNING:
Never probe the electrical connectors on safety belt buckle/retractor pretensioners or adaptive load limiting retractors. Failure to follow this instruction may result in the accidental deployment of the safety belt pretensioners or adaptive load limiting retractors, which increases the risk of serious personal injury or death.
WARNING:
Deploy all supplemental restraint system (SRS) devices (air bags, pretensioners, load limiters, etc.) outdoors with all personnel at least 9.14 meters (30 feet) away to make sure of personal safety. Due to the loud report which occurs when an SRS device is deployed, hearing protection is required. Failure to follow these instructions may result in serious personal injury.
NOTE:
A typical safety belt buckle and retractor disposal is shown in illustration that is similar for all vehicles.
- Depower the SRS. For additional information, refer to Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) Depowering and Repowering .
- Access the safety belt buckle or retractor electrical connectors. For additional information, refer to SAFETY BELT SYSTEM article.
- Cut each of the safety belt buckle or retractor wires, leaving at least 101.6 mm (4 in) to work with.
- Remove any sheathing (if present) and strip the insulation from the ends of the cut wires.
- Make a jumper harness to deploy the safety belt buckle or retractor.
- Obtain 2 wires (20 gauge minimum) at least 9.14 m (30 ft) long and strip both ends of each wire.
- At one end of the jumper harness, connect the wires together.
- Using the end of the jumper harness that the wires are not connected together, attach each wire of the jumper harness to each wire of the safety belt buckle or retractor. Use tape or other insulating material to make sure that the leads do not make contact with each other.
- Remain at least 9.14 m (30 ft) away from the safety belt buckle or retractor.
- From the end of the jumper harness that is not connected to the safety belt buckle or retractor, disconnect the 2 wires of the jumper harness from each other.
- Deploy the safety belt buckle or retractor by touching the ends of the 2 wires of the jumper harness to the terminals of a 12-volt battery.
- To allow for cooling, wait at least 10 minutes before approaching the deployed safety belt buckle or retractor.
- Dispose of the deployed safety belt buckle or retractor in the same manner as any other part to be scrapped.
NOTE:
Typical safety belt retractor pretensioner shown in illustration, other safety belt buckle pretensioners and load limiting retractors are similar.