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How To Reset Locked Escort Seat Belt

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Owner's Manual - Page 9

... required. For more information, refer to flash or remains on , have your safety belts. Air bag readiness Momentarily illuminates when the ignition is turned ON to remind you to... and have your catalytic converter. If the light fails to illuminate, continues to the Seating and safety restraints chapter. 9 Under engine misfire conditions, excessive exhaust temperatures could damage ...
Owner's Manual - Page 12

Instrumentation For information on the SRS warning chime, refer to the Seating and safety restraints chapter. Key-in-ignition warning chime Sounds when the key is left in ... or parking lamps are on, the ignition is off (and the key is not in the OFF/LOCK or ACC position and either front door is opened . 12 Supplemental restraint system (SRS) warning chime For information on the ...
Owner's Manual - Page 48

Pull lever up to move seat forward or backward. Seating and safety restraints Always drive and ride with your seatback upright and the lap belt snug and low across the hips. Lift handle to adjust seatback. 48
Owner's Manual - Page 51

... and low across the hips. Be sure everyone in these areas are more likely to ride in a collision. Seating and safety restraints SAFETY RESTRAINTS Safety restraints precautions Always drive and ride with seats and safety belts. The passenger cannot protect the child from injury in a cargo area, inside or outside of your vehicle...
Owner's Manual - Page 52

... designed to accommodate up of one buckle and one person. Never wear the shoulder belt under the arm. 2) Never swing it around your vehicle has a specific safety belt assembly which is made up to be properly restrained. All designed seating positions are designed to four people. Failure to carry more than one tongue...
Owner's Manual - Page 53

... any slack in the vehicle are combination lap and shoulder belts. The automatic locking mode is automatically pre-locked. The front and rear seat passenger outboard safety belts have two types of locking modes described below: Automatic locking mode In this chapter. 53 Refer to use the automatic locking mode • When a tight lap/shoulder fit is desired...
Owner's Manual - Page 54

Seating and safety restraints How to use the automatic locking mode • Buckle the combination lap and shoulder belt. • Grasp the shoulder portion and pull downward until the entire belt is now in the automatic locking mode. This indicates the safety belt is extracted. • Allow the belt to disengage the automatic locking mode and activate the vehicle...
Owner's Manual - Page 55

... is locked in a collision. Pull down . Adjust the height of the shoulder belt so the belt rests across the middle of your hips. To lower the shoulder belt height,...belt properly could reduce the effectiveness of the safety belt and increase the risk of the shoulder belt, slide the height adjuster up. Seating and safety restraints Front safety belt height adjustment Your vehicle has safety belt...
Owner's Manual - Page 56

... short, even when fully extended, 20 cm (8 inches) can be added to the belt and pull across the hips. Seating and safety restraints Insert the tongue into the correct buckle. To tighten the belt, pull the loose end of the belt through the tongue until it fits snugly across your dealer at the end...
Owner's Manual - Page 57

... and the warning chime is sounding...The safety belt warning light remains The driver's safety belt is too short for four to fasten their safety belts. All safety belt assemblies, including retractors, buckles, front seat belt buckle assemblies (slide bar)(if 57 Safety belt warning light and indicator chime The seat belt warning light illuminates in the instrument cluster...
Owner's Manual - Page 58

...seat tether bracket assemblies (if equipped), and attaching hardware, should also be inspected after a collision. Failure to Cleaning and maintaining the safety belts in use during a collision should be inspected and replaced if either damage or improper operation is noted. Safety belt...a collision be replaced. Ford recommends that the belts do not show damage and continue to operate ...
Owner's Manual - Page 59

... air bag SRS is designed to: • work with the safety belt to protect the driver and right front passenger • reduce certain upper body injuries Failure to restrain occupants in the center front seating position. All occupants of personal injury. Seating and safety restraints Important supplemental restraint system (SRS) precautions The supplemental...
Owner's Manual - Page 66

... installing a child safety seat: • Use the correct safety belt buckle for that is recommended for the size and weight of the child. Refer to 66 For more information on top tether straps, refer to Automatic locking mode. SAFETY SEATS FOR CHILDREN Child and infant or child safety seats Use a safety seat that seating position. • Make...
Owner's Manual - Page 69

... it retracts to indicate it is in the seat, forcibly tilt the seat forward and back to remove any slack in the automatic locking mode. 7. Allow the safety belt to retract to make sure the retractor is in the belt. 9. Pull the lap belt portion across the child seat toward the buckle and pull up on the...
Owner's Manual - Page 70

... accessory. Tether anchorage hardware kits (part number 613D74) including instructions, may be obtained at each use. Attaching safety seats with tether straps Some manufacturers make sure the child seat is not locked, unbuckle the belt and repeat steps two through nine. Tether anchorage hardware (Coupe) Attachment holes (at no charge from any Ford or...
Owner's Manual - Page 73

... the built-in child seats are equipped with a retractor that locks when both tongues are latched into the crotch safety belt buckle. This child seat conforms to the dealer for information on the built-in an approved aftermarket seat. Built-in child seat retractors The belts on the child seat cushion and shoulder belt for child seat repair. Children not...
Owner's Manual - Page 74

... rests on the use the Built-In Child Seat as a booster cushion with the adult safety belts. A child using the adult belts could slide forward and out from under the safety belts. The rear seatback must be fully locked before operating the child restraint system. 1. Grasp the child seat at the top of the seatback and...
Owner's Manual - Page 77

... sure the crotch safety belt buckle is properly fastened and the retractor is locked. 9. Pull the shoulder belts toward you to unlock the retractors, then reinsert both halves of the chest clip below the child's shoulders and adjust it to comfortably hold the shoulder belts in the indicator window when fastened. 8. Seating and safety restraints 7.
Owner's Manual - Page 188

... system ...45 Battery ...145 Brake fluid checking and adding ...136 Brakes ...87 anti-lock ...87 anti-lock brake system (ABS) warning light ...88 fluid, checking and adding ...136 Break-in...Child safety seats ...66 Chime headlamps on ...12 Cleaning your vehicle ...175 built-in child seat ...179 engine compartment ...176 fabric ...178 instrument panel ...178 plastic parts ...177 safety belts ...179 ...
Owner's Manual - Page 189

...,41 replacement/additional transmitters ...43 replacing the batteries ...42 Reporting safety defects ...187 Safety restraints automatic locking mode (retractor) ...53,54 extension assembly ...56 for children ...63 for second row bench seats ...73,74,78,79 lap and shoulder belts ...52 maintenance ...57 proper use ...51 warning light and chime ...11,57 Safety...

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