DrewE |
03-22-2017 01:20 AM |
Contrary to 2Rismo2's link, I've only heard "pretensioner" applied to the third (pyrotechnic) class they mention (though some modern ones are electric rather than pyrotechnic, and may be used multiple times and so triggered by non-accident conditions). The other two are just locking the seatbelt so that it actually does something, not tightening it. Wikipedia agrees with this distinction, for whatever that's worth.
Every modern car has some sort of a seatbelt lock mechanism, generally triggered by forces in a horizontal plane (so braking, turning, or hard acceleration). It's possible that the combination of braking and turning added together were sufficient to cause it to lock. It may be that your Fit also has electric pretensioners that activate under relatively high G situations; that I don't know for sure.
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