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Land Rover Freelander System Description and Operation38 · RESTRAINT SYSTEMS
38 · Body & interior

Seat Belt Pretensioners

Make
Land Rover
Model
Freelander System Description and Operation
Section
Description › Seat Belt Pretensioners
RESTRAINT SYSTEMSSeat Belt Pretensioners
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RESTRAINT SYSTEMS

DESCRIPTION AND OPERATION

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Passenger's Airbag Module Components

1 Trim panel
2 Deployment door section
3 Housing

4 Fixing bracket
5 Tethers
6 Electrical connector

Seat Belt Pretensioners 
During a frontal collision the seat belt pretensioners tighten the front seat belts to ensure the occupants are securely 
held in their seats. A pretensioner is integrated into the buckle assembly of each front seat belt.

The two pretensioners are handed, but otherwise identical. Each pretensioner has a tube containing propellant and 
a piston. The piston is attached to steel cables, the opposite ends of which are attached to the seat belt buckle. An 
igniter (squib) in the base of the tube provides an ignition source when triggered by a fire signal from the airbag DCU. 
A fly lead with a 2 pin connector links the igniter to the vehicle wiring.

On receipt of a fire signal from the airbag DCU, the igniter ignites the propellant. The burning propellant rapidly 
produces nitrogen gas that drives the piston along the tube, pulling on the cables and drawing the buckle towards the 
buckle assembly fixing point on the seat.

Seat Belt Pretensioner Components

1 Seat belt buckle
2 Gaiter
3 Steel cables
4 Fixing

5 Igniter
6 Fly lead
7 Piston tube

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