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Accident With Seat Belt Pretensioner Deployment - Component Replacement and Inspections

After a collision involving a seat belt pretensioner deployment, replace the following components:
^ Driver seat belt pretensioner
^ Passenger seat belt pretensioner

If you detect any damage to the mounting points or mounting hardware, repair or replace the mounting points and mounting hardware as needed. If Current DTC 56 is set, the SDM must also be replaced. This is because the vehicle. has been involved in 3 pretensioner-only deployments, which is the maximum number of pretensioner-only deployments allowed by one SDM. Use the scan tool to verify that the seat belt pretensioners have deployed three times by viewing the SIR scan tool data list. Refer to the SIR Scan Tool Data List. Scan Tool Data List