seatbelt pre-tentioners

[night.icon]

ok guys my new seat come in 2 weeks which will be all fine and dandy !! but

i am unsure about the seat belt pre-tentioners

can i just unplug them and be sitting in my new seats ???

i know they have sumthing to do with the airbag but i am not sure

so has any 1 ever fitted after market seats in to a clio with an air bag and pre-tentioners

 

[pete bann]

Upon removal of the old seats( imagine there not in there ) all that will be left of the pre tensioner system is the wire that comes through the carpet. Theres no way of utilising this system when fitting aftermarket seats.

I would just unplug it and fit in your new seats. If it was bothering you, i suppose you could fit harnesses??

 

[pete bann]

this is what i says in the haynes book;

Pre-tensioner deactivation

a) switch off the ignition,

b)remove the fuse and then wait for a minimum of 5 minutes before carrying out further work,

c) separate the two halves of the switch



On models with a central airbag system the pre tensioner shares the same control unit as the airbag system

 

[night.icon]

having harneses any way just wast to know if i will get n e probs if i unplugg them !

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[pete bann]

no wouldnt have thought so mate.

 

[patty]

iv done this recently - no probs jus dont strain it wen u unplug it or ur in the preverbial sh*te! all it does is reduces the whip of the seat belt or somethin like that. ur seat belt will still work its jus if ur in an accident its likely to hurt a bit more!

 

[adiclio16v]

i just unplugged the connector an whipped the seat out

in anycase the pre-tensioner is attached to the seat sub-frame anyway not the car

just get it out u pussy hehe

 

[night.icon]

pusy ! lol