A comprehensive inspection should be conducted on seat belt components such as retractors together with their buckles and front seat belt buckle support assemblies (slider bar) as well as child seat tether brackets accompanied by their attachment hardware after any collision. A qualified technician determines replacement of new seat belt assemblies only when the existing damaged-free assemblies function correctly. New seat belt assemblies need to be installed whenever inspections show that the components are damaged or fail to operate correctly even though they remained unused during the collision. The webbing of seat belts expands during maximum use situations and the torsion bar bends in the same events. During any accident that activates the
Air Bag system all seat belts functioning at that time require immediate replacement with fresh components. The failure to follow instructed replacement guidelines may result in both personal harm and component destruct.