Description And Operation: Operation
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2020 Jeep Renegade. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
The standard inertia-type emergency locking retractor will allow the seat belt webbing to unwind from and wind onto the retractor spool freely unless and until a predetermined inertia load is sensed. The retractor has an internal inertia latch mechanism that will lock the retractor spool once the predetermined inertia load is sensed. Locking the retractor spool prevents the seat belt webbing from being extracted from the retractor and firmly restrains the occupant wearing the seat belt. The retractor spool is automatically unlatched once the loading of the retractor inertia mechanism and the seat belt are relieved.