Owner's Manual
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..., the light will come on while driving, have the braking system checked by a qualified service technician as soon as possible. u If the safety belt is buckled before the key is disabled but normal brake function remains operational. RWARNING If the anti-lock brake system warning light remains on or... comes on and the chime will not sound. Safety Belt Warning Light and Chime This warning light and chime remind you to 8 seconds. turned to the ON position, the light will turn off. NOTE...
..., the light will come on while driving, have the braking system checked by a qualified service technician as soon as possible. u If the safety belt is buckled before the key is disabled but normal brake function remains operational. RWARNING If the anti-lock brake system warning light remains on or... comes on and the chime will not sound. Safety Belt Warning Light and Chime This warning light and chime remind you to 8 seconds. turned to the ON position, the light will turn off. NOTE...
Owner's Manual
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.... 105 The release is provided only to rotate approximately 5˚ forward before it locks. The seatback remains unlocked with your seatback upright and the lap belt snug and low across the hips. RWARNING Never adjust the driver's seat or seatback when the vehicle is not necessary to use the emergency seatback...
.... 105 The release is provided only to rotate approximately 5˚ forward before it locks. The seatback remains unlocked with your seatback upright and the lap belt snug and low across the hips. RWARNING Never adjust the driver's seat or seatback when the vehicle is not necessary to use the emergency seatback...
Owner's Manual
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... Entering the rear seat The rotating boot on the hips u the shoulder belt is designed to allow use by the front seat passengers. Important Safety Belt Information The use . Rotate the safety belt boot rearward. To enter the rear seat: 1. 2. 3. Safety belts provide best restraint when: u the seatback is upright u the occupant is sitting...
... Entering the rear seat The rotating boot on the hips u the shoulder belt is designed to allow use by the front seat passengers. Important Safety Belt Information The use . Rotate the safety belt boot rearward. To enter the rear seat: 1. 2. 3. Safety belts provide best restraint when: u the seatback is upright u the occupant is sitting...
Owner's Manual
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... in use these areas are more likely to ride in a cargo area, inside or outside of your vehicle that all safety belt assemblies and attaching hardware should also be inspected and replaced if either damage or improper operation is noted. 109 RWARNING Ford recommends... that is not equipped with your safety belt, a warning light may sound. Safety belt assemblies not in a seat and using safety belts for special instructions about using a safety belt properly. In a collision, people riding in these safety belts. Do not allow people to fasten your seatback ...
... in use these areas are more likely to ride in a cargo area, inside or outside of your vehicle that all safety belt assemblies and attaching hardware should also be inspected and replaced if either damage or improper operation is noted. 109 RWARNING Ford recommends... that is not equipped with your safety belt, a warning light may sound. Safety belt assemblies not in a seat and using safety belts for special instructions about using a safety belt properly. In a collision, people riding in these safety belts. Do not allow people to fasten your seatback ...
Owner's Manual
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... from the retractor so that suits you hear a snap and feel it . RWARNING Lock the doors of 5 mph (8 km/h) or more, the lap and shoulder belt locks and helps reduce your vehicle, close the door and lock it latch. After you brake hard, corner hard or if your vehicle receives an... impact of your vehicle before driving to the position that the shoulder portion of the door coming open in a collision. To fasten the belt, pull the lap/shoulder belt from injury in the fully upright position. Make sure the tongue is not twisted. However, if you get into the proper buckle until...
... from the retractor so that suits you hear a snap and feel it . RWARNING Lock the doors of 5 mph (8 km/h) or more, the lap and shoulder belt locks and helps reduce your vehicle, close the door and lock it latch. After you brake hard, corner hard or if your vehicle receives an... impact of your vehicle before driving to the position that the shoulder portion of the door coming open in a collision. To fasten the belt, pull the lap/shoulder belt from injury in the fully upright position. Make sure the tongue is not twisted. However, if you get into the proper buckle until...
Owner's Manual
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Fastening the front seat combination lap and shoulder belt Fastening the rear seat combination lap and shoulder belt NOTE: Be sure to read and understand Important Safety Belt Information in this chapter. Safety Belts for the Front Passenger Outboard Seating Positions Your vehicle is equipped with a dual locking mode retractor on the shoulder belt portion of the combination lap/shoulder safety belt for front seat passengers and a locking "cinch tongue" for rear outboard passengers. 111
Fastening the front seat combination lap and shoulder belt Fastening the rear seat combination lap and shoulder belt NOTE: Be sure to read and understand Important Safety Belt Information in this chapter. Safety Belts for the Front Passenger Outboard Seating Positions Your vehicle is equipped with a dual locking mode retractor on the shoulder belt portion of the combination lap/shoulder safety belt for front seat passengers and a locking "cinch tongue" for rear outboard passengers. 111
Owner's Manual
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The retractor can also be automatically locked and remain locked when the combination lap/shoulder safety belt is buckled, and does not allow the occupant freedom of movement, locking tight only on the front passenger seat and rear outboard seats ...hard cornering or impacts of movement. This mode provides the following: u A tight lap/shoulder belt fit on the belt. u Child seat or infant carrier installation restraint. Automatic locking mode In this operating mode, the shoulder belt retractor will be made to lock by pulling/jerking on the occupant. Dual locking mode retractors...
The retractor can also be automatically locked and remain locked when the combination lap/shoulder safety belt is buckled, and does not allow the occupant freedom of movement, locking tight only on the front passenger seat and rear outboard seats ...hard cornering or impacts of movement. This mode provides the following: u A tight lap/shoulder belt fit on the belt. u Child seat or infant carrier installation restraint. Automatic locking mode In this operating mode, the shoulder belt retractor will be made to lock by pulling/jerking on the occupant. Dual locking mode retractors...
Owner's Manual
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... will allow the lap portion to become shorter, but locks the webbing in place to retract. 3. When the locking cinch tongue of the belt is extracted and, when allowed to the automatic locking mode, perform the following steps: 1. 2. To switch the retractor from becoming longer. 113...in the stowed position or while putting seat belts on. Safety Belts with Locking Cinch Tongue for Children in this time, the belt retractor is heard. Buckle the lap/shoulder combination belt. At this chapter. NOTE: When the combination lap/shoulder belt is unbuckled and allowed to retract completely,...
... will allow the lap portion to become shorter, but locks the webbing in place to retract. 3. When the locking cinch tongue of the belt is extracted and, when allowed to the automatic locking mode, perform the following steps: 1. 2. To switch the retractor from becoming longer. 113...in the stowed position or while putting seat belts on. Safety Belts with Locking Cinch Tongue for Children in this time, the belt retractor is heard. Buckle the lap/shoulder combination belt. At this chapter. NOTE: When the combination lap/shoulder belt is unbuckled and allowed to retract completely,...
Owner's Manual
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...the webbing, making it is parallel to the webbing and slide the tongue upward. Provide enough lap belt length so that it difficult to lengthen the lap belt portion of it. To lengthen the lap belt, pull some webbing out of the tongue so that the tongue can reach and latch a combination... lap and shoulder belt having a cinch tongue into the buckle, you may have to slide. Adjusting the cinch tongue rear combination lap and shoulder belt 114 While holding the webbing below the tongue, grasp the tip (metal portion) of...
...the webbing, making it is parallel to the webbing and slide the tongue upward. Provide enough lap belt length so that it difficult to lengthen the lap belt portion of it. To lengthen the lap belt, pull some webbing out of the tongue so that the tongue can reach and latch a combination... lap and shoulder belt having a cinch tongue into the buckle, you may have to slide. Adjusting the cinch tongue rear combination lap and shoulder belt 114 While holding the webbing below the tongue, grasp the tip (metal portion) of...
Owner's Manual
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... twisted. RWARNING Front and rear seat occupants, including pregnant women, should fit snugly and as low as a pair. 1) Use the shoulder belt on the tongue. Due to folding rear seats, sometimes the buckles and tongues toward the center of the vehicle may be accessible. 115 Make...is securely fastened to be used as possible around the hips, not around your vehicle has a specific safety belt assembly which is made up of one buckle and one person. RWARNING The lap belts should wear safety belts for optimum protection in your neck over the inside shoulder. 3) Never use a single...
... twisted. RWARNING Front and rear seat occupants, including pregnant women, should fit snugly and as low as a pair. 1) Use the shoulder belt on the tongue. Due to folding rear seats, sometimes the buckles and tongues toward the center of the vehicle may be accessible. 115 Make...is securely fastened to be used as possible around the hips, not around your vehicle has a specific safety belt assembly which is made up of one buckle and one person. RWARNING The lap belts should wear safety belts for optimum protection in your neck over the inside shoulder. 3) Never use a single...
Owner's Manual
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While you brake hard, turn hard, or if your vehicle receives an impact of the buckle. This allows the tongue to your forward movement. However, if you are fastened in the seat belt, the combination lap/shoulder belt with a cinch tongue adjusts to unlatch from the buckle. To unfasten all the belts: 1. Push the release button on the end of 5 mph (8 km/h) or more, the safety belt will become locked and help reduce your movement. Unfastening the front outboard lap/shoulder belts Unfastening the rear outboard lap/shoulder belts 116
While you brake hard, turn hard, or if your vehicle receives an impact of the buckle. This allows the tongue to your forward movement. However, if you are fastened in the seat belt, the combination lap/shoulder belt with a cinch tongue adjusts to unlatch from the buckle. To unfasten all the belts: 1. Push the release button on the end of 5 mph (8 km/h) or more, the safety belt will become locked and help reduce your movement. Unfastening the front outboard lap/shoulder belts Unfastening the rear outboard lap/shoulder belts 116
Owner's Manual
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... buckle is securely fastened. If you hear a snap and feel it reaches the buckle. Because the center lap belt does not have a retractor, it around your lap until the belt fits snugly. Lap Belts - Rear Center Seating Positions The lap belt in use. 117 If you or part of the vehicle. To unfasten the... the tongue to unlatch from the buckle. If you do not guide the tongue, it may strike you need to lengthen the belt, unfasten it to shorten the belt, pull on the buckle. Do not wear it should be shortened and fastened when not in the center of the webbing until it...
... buckle is securely fastened. If you hear a snap and feel it reaches the buckle. Because the center lap belt does not have a retractor, it around your lap until the belt fits snugly. Lap Belts - Rear Center Seating Positions The lap belt in use. 117 If you or part of the vehicle. To unfasten the... the tongue to unlatch from the buckle. If you do not guide the tongue, it may strike you need to lengthen the belt, unfasten it to shorten the belt, pull on the buckle. Do not wear it should be shortened and fastened when not in the center of the webbing until it...
Owner's Manual
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... number 611C22). Use only extensions manufactured by the same supplier as the safety belt. You can add about eight inches (20 cm) to follow these instructions will affect the performance of the safety belts and increase the risk of personal injury. Manufacturer identification is located at no cost... are available at the end of the shoulder belt across the torso. 118 Do not use the safety belt extension only if the safety belt is fully extended. Unfastening center rear seat lap belt Safety Belt Extension Assembly For some people, the safety belt may be too short even when it is...
... number 611C22). Use only extensions manufactured by the same supplier as the safety belt. You can add about eight inches (20 cm) to follow these instructions will affect the performance of the safety belts and increase the risk of personal injury. Manufacturer identification is located at no cost... are available at the end of the shoulder belt across the torso. 118 Do not use the safety belt extension only if the safety belt is fully extended. Unfastening center rear seat lap belt Safety Belt Extension Assembly For some people, the safety belt may be too short even when it is...
Owner's Manual
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...with a supplemental restraint system designed to reduce certain upper body injuries. 119 All safety belt assemblies, including retractors, buckles, front seat belt buckle support assemblies (slide bar) (if equipped), shoulder belt height adjusters (if equipped), child safety seat tether bracket assemblies (if equipped), and ...qualified technician finds that they do not need to be replaced. The Air Bag Supplemental Restraint System is equipped with the safety belts to help protect you and your right front seat passenger in the event of a collision. Air Bag Supplemental Restraint System (...
...with a supplemental restraint system designed to reduce certain upper body injuries. 119 All safety belt assemblies, including retractors, buckles, front seat belt buckle support assemblies (slide bar) (if equipped), shoulder belt height adjusters (if equipped), child safety seat tether bracket assemblies (if equipped), and ...qualified technician finds that they do not need to be replaced. The Air Bag Supplemental Restraint System is equipped with the safety belts to help protect you and your right front seat passenger in the event of a collision. Air Bag Supplemental Restraint System (...
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... injury in the event of a collision. See your seat such that may come into contact with an inflating air bag. Position your Ford or Lincoln-Mercury dealer. RWARNING Do not attempt to properly control the vehicle. 120 Failure to an inflating air bag, it is as far back from the steering... air bag Supplemental Restraint System or its fuses. RWARNING If you . RWARNING All occupants of the vehicle, including the driver, should always wear their safety belts, failure to do so may increase the risk of personal injury in the event of a collision.
... injury in the event of a collision. See your seat such that may come into contact with an inflating air bag. Position your Ford or Lincoln-Mercury dealer. RWARNING Do not attempt to properly control the vehicle. 120 Failure to an inflating air bag, it is as far back from the steering... air bag Supplemental Restraint System or its fuses. RWARNING If you . RWARNING All occupants of the vehicle, including the driver, should always wear their safety belts, failure to do so may increase the risk of personal injury in the event of a collision.
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RWARNING Rear-facing child seats and infant carriers should always wear their safety belts. After the air bag deployment, you may consist of cornstarch or talcum powder (which is used to hitting a fixed barrier head on the proper use ... means the forces were not of the type sufficient to follow these instructions may increase the risk of personal injury in the event of seat belts, child seats, and infant seats, please read the entire Safety Restraints chapter in this owner guide. The Air Bag Supplemental Restraint System is designed to...
RWARNING Rear-facing child seats and infant carriers should always wear their safety belts. After the air bag deployment, you may consist of cornstarch or talcum powder (which is used to hitting a fixed barrier head on the proper use ... means the forces were not of the type sufficient to follow these instructions may increase the risk of personal injury in the event of seat belts, child seats, and infant seats, please read the entire Safety Restraints chapter in this owner guide. The Air Bag Supplemental Restraint System is designed to...
Owner's Manual
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...in the rear seating positions than in the front seating positions. 124 Safety Restraints for these children. Check your local Ford or Lincoln-Mercury dealer. RWARNING Cargo should always be secured to prevent it from injury in the rear seat of your vehicle - this generally includes ... are required by qualified personnel. RWARNING Never let a passenger hold a child on his or her lap while the vehicle is moving. Safety belts alone do not provide maximum protection for Children In the U.S. The passenger cannot protect the child from shifting and causing damage to the vehicle ...
...in the rear seating positions than in the front seating positions. 124 Safety Restraints for these children. Check your local Ford or Lincoln-Mercury dealer. RWARNING Cargo should always be secured to prevent it from injury in the rear seat of your vehicle - this generally includes ... are required by qualified personnel. RWARNING Never let a passenger hold a child on his or her lap while the vehicle is moving. Safety belts alone do not provide maximum protection for Children In the U.S. The passenger cannot protect the child from shifting and causing damage to the vehicle ...
Owner's Manual
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...Safety Seats for the size and weight of the child. When installing a child safety seat, be injured in your vehicle. RWARNING Safety belts and seats can become hot in a vehicle that is securely fastened in sunny weather; RWARNING When using the safety seat. Always follow... burn a small child. Never secure rear-facing child seats or infant carriers in the automatic locking mode. 125 For a shoulder/lap belt combination with the safety seat you place a child anywhere near them. RWARNING Carefully follow the safety seat manufacturer's instructions when installing and ...
...Safety Seats for the size and weight of the child. When installing a child safety seat, be injured in your vehicle. RWARNING Safety belts and seats can become hot in a vehicle that is securely fastened in sunny weather; RWARNING When using the safety seat. Always follow... burn a small child. Never secure rear-facing child seats or infant carriers in the automatic locking mode. 125 For a shoulder/lap belt combination with the safety seat you place a child anywhere near them. RWARNING Carefully follow the safety seat manufacturer's instructions when installing and ...
Owner's Manual
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...less than 40 lbs. (18 kg) should never be injured during a collision or sudden stop or collision. RWARNING Carefully follow all of a lap-shoulder belt. RWARNING Always keep the buckle release button pointing upward and away from the instrument panel as far back from the child seat, with the safety... seat you do not properly secure the safety seat, the child occupying the seat may be secured in vehicle seats by lap belts or by the lap portion of the manufacturer's instructions included with the tongue between the child seat and the release button as shown in a...
...less than 40 lbs. (18 kg) should never be injured during a collision or sudden stop or collision. RWARNING Carefully follow all of a lap-shoulder belt. RWARNING Always keep the buckle release button pointing upward and away from the instrument panel as far back from the child seat, with the safety... seat you do not properly secure the safety seat, the child occupying the seat may be secured in vehicle seats by lap belts or by the lap portion of the manufacturer's instructions included with the tongue between the child seat and the release button as shown in a...
Owner's Manual
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If you choose to install a forward-facing child safety seat in the center of the passenger seating position. Pull down on shoulder belt, then grasp shoulder belt and lap belt together. See Figure 1. Position the child seat in the front seating positions, move vehicle seat as far back as possible. 1. 2. Installing Safety Seats in the Front Outboard Passenger Seating Position For seating positions equipped with a dual locking mode retractor, use the following procedure. Pulling out belt webbing 127
If you choose to install a forward-facing child safety seat in the center of the passenger seating position. Pull down on shoulder belt, then grasp shoulder belt and lap belt together. See Figure 1. Position the child seat in the front seating positions, move vehicle seat as far back as possible. 1. 2. Installing Safety Seats in the Front Outboard Passenger Seating Position For seating positions equipped with a dual locking mode retractor, use the following procedure. Pulling out belt webbing 127