Abstract: A tensioner drive for a vehicular seat belt system has a compressed gas source and a turbine. The turbine has a housing and a turbine wheel with blades. The turbine wheel is rotatably supported in the housing and is surrounded by an annular space within the housing. The housing further has a plurality of nozzle openings distributed about the periphery of the annular space and directed therefrom towards the turbine wheel. The blades of the turbine wheel are exposed to pressure from the compressed gas source through the nozzle openings upon activation of the compressed gas source.