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Author Would the pretensioners fire if car was parked up and bumped into?
johnhara1
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4th Jan 08 at 12:46   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
As above.

Im looking at a damaged 1.4 16v Corsa thats been damaged but i just want the engine really.

The listing says that the car was driven into while it was parked outside his house but both pretensioners have fired.

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TheCam
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4th Jan 08 at 12:47   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
the pretensioners would only fire if the seat belt was being worn at the time iirc
Mattb
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4th Jan 08 at 12:54   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Depends on how hard it was hit.. Both th epretensioners fired in my calibra when i crashed it, i was the only one in the car
johnhara1
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4th Jan 08 at 12:58   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I though the seatbelt would have to be locked in for it to fire.

The airbag hasnt deployed so it want have beenhit ooober hard.
Daniel_Corsa
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They can fire even when not locked in to place.

Parents BMW passenger seat and one in the rear went off and was only my mam in the car!

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Simon_16v
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4th Jan 08 at 14:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Is it the red one on ebay john?

What exactly do pretensioners do?
phil_sutton
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yes they can go off with being locked, I dropped one on the floor an it went off lol.


^^ they go off an tighten the belt when you have a crash an give you a big fuck off bruise across your chest.

[Edited on 04-01-2008 by phil_sutton]

 
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