Description and operation DescriptionThe Seat Belt Pretensioners (BPT) are installed inside center pillar (LH & RH). When a vehicle crashes with a certain degree of frontal impact, the pretensioner seat belt helps to reduce the severity of injury to the front seat occupants by retracting the seat belt webbing.
TroubleshootingProblem Symptoms TableUse the table below to help you find the cause of the problem. The numbers indicate the priority of the like cause of the problem.
Repair procedures Replacement1.Disconnect the negative (-) battery terminal. 2.Remove the heater and blower assembly.(Refer to Heater - "Heater Unit") 3.Remove the heater core cover (A) after loosening the mounting screws.4.Pull out the evaporator core (A) from the heater unit.
Repair procedures Inspection1.Measure the resistance between the terminals.2.The measured resistance is not within specification, the blower resistor must be replaced. (After removing the resistor)Replacement1.Disconnect the negative (-) battery terminal.