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BobsYourUncle
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Sep 06, 2018

F150 recall, 2 Million 15-18 trucks, seat belt fire risk

Just read this in the morning news. Looks like they found a fire risk issue with seatbelt pretensioners. F150 seatbelt fire risk recall Kudos to Ford for taking care of the potential problem....
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mich800
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Sep 07, 2018
Grit dog wrote:
I want to know how a seat belt tensioner can cause a fire!


They operate like airbags. They fire a charge when a g force threshold is exceeded to lock the seatbelt.

This is a different mechanism than when you jerk on the shoulder belt and it locks.

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