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Both seat belts do not lock when I jerk them forward?


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I have a 1988 Jeep Comanche, Pioneer, 4.0, 4x4, 93,000 miles with a snow plow.

 

Last weekend I noticed both seat belts do not lock when I jerk them forward.  Does this mean the pretensioner is shot and will not function correctly in an accident?  Do your Comanches seat belts lock when given a quick jerk forward?  Thanks very much!  Jimbo

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On mines it doesn't but on a panic stop or when I brake hard they do

Same as mine.  If I try to yank on the belt really hard, I just get a lot of belt very quickly, but during a hard stop they do engage.

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25 year old technology.

^^this^^ They're about as simple as "tech" gets. There's a slide inside the belts spool housing with a weight on it. When you hit the brakes, the momentum causes that weight to slide forward and "lock" the spool.
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