Safety Belt Retractor Pretensioners
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.
This vehicle is equipped with driver and passenger safety belt retractor pretensioners. Safety belt retractor pretensioners are pyrotechnic devices integrated to the driver and passenger safety belt retractor assemblies. The safety belt retractor pretensioners work in conjunction with the safety belt buckle pretensioners and control the tension of the driver and passenger safety belts in the event of a deployable collision. The RCM monitors the readiness of the safety belt retractor pretensioners. The RCM uses this information and all other information provided by the restraints system to determine what action is to be taken.