Seat Belt - Extensions

GROUP:
88

NO:
1A

ISSUING DEPARTMENT:
Parts Support

CAR MARKET:
U.S. and Canada

DATE:
July 2000

TITLE:
SEAT BELT EXTENDER

200, 700/900, 850, S/V/C70, S/V90, S80, S/V40

REFERENCE BULLETINS:

Supersedes: SMB 88-1A, Jan. 2000

A front seat belt extender is available for owners who require one.

Seat Belt Extender forms must be faxed to Parts Support. In the U.S., fax to (201) 784-4551. In Canada, fax to (416) 493-8754. The original signed order form should be kept in the retailer's file.

WARNING:
Seat belt extenders MUST NOT BE USED FOR THE REAR SEATS.

NOTE:
This is not a comfort item. It is intended only for persons who are physically unable to use the standard seat belt assembly. The extender is strictly for use by these persons only, and can be ordered only by using the special ordering form attached.

Before ordering, please be certain that all seat adjustment possibilities have been considered. Also check for proper operation of the retractor and latch before and after installing the extender.





Three seat belt and extender combinations are available.

APPLICATION:





240
From 1975 MY to 1987 MY (244 chassis No. ->257599, chassis No. ->750769), use Extender Type A. NOTICE: Seatbelt and catch must be changed to:

240
From MY 1987 and up (244 chassis No.257600->, 245 chassis No. 750770->), use Extender Type A.

740/760
From 1983 MY to 1990 MY, (744 chassis No.-> 396999, 745 chassis No.-> 242699, 764 chassis No.->76899 and 765 chassis No.-> 31199) use Extender Type A or B. (see part number below).

NOTE:
If the car has a single-retractor belt, a dual-retractor seat belt system must be installed according to instructions found on page 338 of Service Manual TP 31127/1; Body, Interior, Climate.

From 1990 MY (744, Chassis No.397000->, 745 Chassis No.242700->, 764 Chassis No. 76900->, 765 Chassis No. 31200->)and up, use Type D.

780
From 1987 MY, up to and including part of 1990 MY (780 Chassis No.-> 9964), use Extender Type A.

From part of 1990 MY (780 Chassis No.9965->) and up, use Extender Type D.

900
From 1991 and up, use Extender Type D.

850
From 1993 and up, use Extender Type D.

Note: For MY93 850 cars with Chassis Nos. below 44448, where an extender is needed, belt catches must be changed. Pivot type catch P/N 9136184 (driver's side) and P/N 9136185 (passenger's side) must always be used in combination with the extender. New catches will be provided with the extender if the Chassis No. is below 44448.

S/V40, S/V/C70, S/V90, S80
From 1998 and up, use Extender Type D.





Extender Type A can be used in conjunction with the seat belts shown.





Extender Type B can be used in conjunction with the belts shown.





Extender Type D can be used in conjunction with the seat belts shown.

Extender Type D can also be used in conjunction with all front seat belts in the following models: S/V/C7O, S80, S/V90

Seat Belt P/N Labeling:





Part numbers of seat belts are on labels sewn onto the belt webbing (see illustration). At the time of installation, the retailer is responsible for testing the extender in the customer's vehicle to be sure that the correct extender/seat belt combination is used.

ORDERING PROCEDURES:

1. The retailer should complete the attached order form and secure the customer's signature, then FAX the form to Parts Support. Hand or mail a photocopy of the completed form to the customer. You must retain the original form for the retailer file for legal purposes.

Note:
No extenders will be shipped without a completed order form, properly signed by the customer.

2. Parts Support will enter the order, which will then be sent to the retailer on a "drop ship" basis from the distribution center.





SEAT BELT EXTENDER ORDER FORM

SEAT BELT EXTENDER SAFETY WARNINGS

NOTICE!
The Volvo front seat belt extender is intended for use only by persons who are physically unable to use the standard seat belt assembly. Even when the seat belt extender is properly installed and in use, the vehicle's safety restraint system may provide the user with less protection than when the standard seat belt assembly alone is used.

RULES FOR USE OF A VOLVO FRONT SEAT BELT EXTENDER

The Volvo front seat belt extender must be used only as described below:

^ The seat belt extender may be used only for the vehicle and seat for which the extender was purchased.

The extender is not designed to work in any other make or model of vehicle or with any other seat.

^ The seat belt extender may be used only by the intended user. Use by other persons may result in decreased protection to them in the event of a collision.

^ The seat belt extender must not be used for rear seats. Extenders are not designed to work with rear seats or seat belts.

^ When the extender is installed, the intended user seated in that position must buckle his or her seat belt, whether required by local law or not.

^ When not in use by the intended user, the seat belt extender must be removed from the seat belt buckle.

SEAT BELTS, SEAT BELT EXTENDERS, AND THE VOLVO SUPPLEMENTAL SAFETY RESTRAINT SYSTEM

From model year 1998 and up, the Volvo Supplemental Safety Restraint System (SRS) uses a two-threshold airbag deployment system that relies upon information provided by sensors linked to the front seat belt buckles. These sensors tell the SRS whether or not the seat belt is buckled. In a frontal collision, the airbag of an unbuckled seat position may deploy even if the airbag of a buckled seat position does not.

If either a seat belt or seat belt extender tab is inserted into the the seat belt buckle, the SRS will believe that a seat belt is in proper use. Therefore, in a frontal collision, if the extender is installed and the seat belt is not properly used, the affected airbag may not deploy or may not deploy with appropriate force!

VOLVO STRONGLY URGES YOU AND ALL ADULT OCCUPANTS OF YOUR CAR TO PROPERLY WEAR SEAT BELTS AND TO ENSURE THAT CHILDREN ARE PROPERLY RESTRAINED IN THE REAR SEAT.