Front Safety Belts: Notes

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The retractor of each front safety belt is attached to the related B pillar mounting bracket. The webbing runs from the retractor through a fixed D loop bracket mounted on the upper B pillar upper an anchor point on the sill.

The retractor for each front safety belt incorporates a load limiter that allows the retractor reel to partially unwind when the load on the webbing exceeds a predetermined limit.

The buckle for each front safety belt is attached to a pretensioner secured to the inboard side of the related front seat frame. Each buckle incorporates a safety belt buckle sensor that provides a status input to the restraints control module (RCM), which uses the input to determine the air bag and pretensioner activation strategies. The restraints control module (RCM) also relays the status of the safety belts to the instrument cluster on the high speed controller area network (CAN) bus.