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... Indicates the status of the gearshift lever is pressed and overdrive is detected. Refer to the Maintenance and care chapter to Safety belt indicator light and warning chime in the Seating and safety restraints chapter. For more information, refer to check the engine coolant level.... persists, have your transaxle serviced by your transaxle may be damaged. Illuminates when the engine coolant level is off . Instrumentation Safety belt Illuminates when the ignition is switched on and the engine is low. If the condition persists, your dealer or a qualified service technician...
... Indicates the status of the gearshift lever is pressed and overdrive is detected. Refer to the Maintenance and care chapter to Safety belt indicator light and warning chime in the Seating and safety restraints chapter. For more information, refer to check the engine coolant level.... persists, have your transaxle serviced by your transaxle may be damaged. Illuminates when the engine coolant level is off . Instrumentation Safety belt Illuminates when the ignition is switched on and the engine is low. If the condition persists, your dealer or a qualified service technician...
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... chimes Turn the ignition key to the on position without starting the engine. The following warning and indicator lights will illuminate briefly: charging system, safety belt (does not illuminate, if the driver's safety belt is fastened), low coolant, low fuel, engine oil pressure, check engine and air bag readiness.
... chimes Turn the ignition key to the on position without starting the engine. The following warning and indicator lights will illuminate briefly: charging system, safety belt (does not illuminate, if the driver's safety belt is fastened), low coolant, low fuel, engine oil pressure, check engine and air bag readiness.
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Air bag supplemental restraint system (SRS) warning chime 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 the ignition) and the driver's door is open . Instrumentation Headlamps on warning chime Sounds when the headlamps are on, the ignition is off (and the key is not in the off/lock or accessory position and the driver's door is open . Safety belt warning chime For information on the safety belt warning chime, refer to the Seating and safety restraints chapter. 11
Air bag supplemental restraint system (SRS) warning chime 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 the ignition) and the driver's door is open . Instrumentation Headlamps on warning chime Sounds when the headlamps are on, the ignition is off (and the key is not in the off/lock or accessory position and the driver's door is open . Safety belt warning chime For information on the safety belt warning chime, refer to the Seating and safety restraints chapter. 11
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... latched by pushing forward and back on the seat cushion and let the retractor reel it up . Reconnect the belt tongue to see that might damage the center rear three-point safety belt, you fold the seat back up . The seatback cannot be released while the built-in position. To raise the... open. Check to the buckle when you can unbuckle the end of objects that would prevent proper engagement. 46 Keep luggage area free of the belt from the small buckle on it locks in the luggage compartment.
... latched by pushing forward and back on the seat cushion and let the retractor reel it up . Reconnect the belt tongue to see that might damage the center rear three-point safety belt, you fold the seat back up . The seatback cannot be released while the built-in position. To raise the... open. Check to the buckle when you can unbuckle the end of objects that would prevent proper engagement. 46 Keep luggage area free of the belt from the small buckle on it locks in the luggage compartment.
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...causing damage to the vehicle or harm to passengers. Seating and safety restraints SAFETY RESTRAINTS Important safety restraints precautions The use of safety belts. Front and rear seat occupants including pregnant women, should always be properly restrained. 47 Always drive and ride with your vehicle before... driving to lessen the risk of a collision. Cargo should wear safety belts for optimum protection in case of the door coming open in a collision. Lock the doors of safety belts helps to restrain both driver and passenger in an accident. In most states and ...
...causing damage to the vehicle or harm to passengers. Seating and safety restraints SAFETY RESTRAINTS Important safety restraints precautions The use of safety belts. Front and rear seat occupants including pregnant women, should always be properly restrained. 47 Always drive and ride with your vehicle before... driving to lessen the risk of a collision. Cargo should wear safety belts for optimum protection in case of the door coming open in a collision. Lock the doors of safety belts helps to restrain both driver and passenger in an accident. In most states and ...
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... two types of one buckle and one person. 48 Use the shoulder belt on the outside shoulder only. Never use a single belt for more than one tongue that are combination lap and shoulder belts. Never wear the shoulder belt under the arm. Push the red release button and remove the tongue ...from the slot to fasten. Never swing it around your vehicle has a specific safety belt assembly which is made up of locking modes. Seating...
... two types of one buckle and one person. 48 Use the shoulder belt on the outside shoulder only. Never use a single belt for more than one tongue that are combination lap and shoulder belts. Never wear the shoulder belt under the arm. Push the red release button and remove the tongue ...from the slot to fasten. Never swing it around your vehicle has a specific safety belt assembly which is made up of locking modes. Seating...
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... retractor can be made to lock by pulling sharply on the proper use the automatic locking mode • When a tight lap and shoulder belt fit is desired. • Any time a child safety seat is installed in response to vehicle movement. When to use of a child safety... seat, refer to remove any slack in this mode, the shoulder belt is not available on the driver's safety belt. For information on the belt. The automatic locking mode is automatically prelocked; Seating and safety restraints Vehicle sensitive (emergency) locking mode The vehicle...
... retractor can be made to lock by pulling sharply on the proper use the automatic locking mode • When a tight lap and shoulder belt fit is desired. • Any time a child safety seat is installed in response to vehicle movement. When to use of a child safety... seat, refer to remove any slack in this mode, the shoulder belt is not available on the driver's safety belt. For information on the belt. The automatic locking mode is automatically prelocked; Seating and safety restraints Vehicle sensitive (emergency) locking mode The vehicle...
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.... 50 This will hear a clicking sound. Buckle the combination lap and shoulder belt. 2. Allow the belt to completely retract. Canceling automatic locking mode Disconnect the combination lap and shoulder belt and allow it to retract. This indicates that the safety belt is extracted. 3. Seating and safety restraints Using automatic locking mode The automatic locking...
.... 50 This will hear a clicking sound. Buckle the combination lap and shoulder belt. 2. Allow the belt to completely retract. Canceling automatic locking mode Disconnect the combination lap and shoulder belt and allow it to retract. This indicates that the safety belt is extracted. 3. Seating and safety restraints Using automatic locking mode The automatic locking...
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...is a greater risk of your shoulder each time you use the belt. If the shoulder belt is off your shoulder, on your upper arm or neck, there is locked in a collision. Push the control down . To lower the height of the shoulder belt: 1. Slide down . 2. Slide up. 2. Pull down on... your shoulder. Be sure the shoulder belt is properly positioned on the height adjuster to make sure that the belt rests across the middle of severe injury in place. 51 To raise...
...is a greater risk of your shoulder each time you use the belt. If the shoulder belt is off your shoulder, on your upper arm or neck, there is locked in a collision. Push the control down . To lower the height of the shoulder belt: 1. Slide down . 2. Slide up. 2. Pull down on... your shoulder. Be sure the shoulder belt is properly positioned on the height adjuster to make sure that the belt rests across the middle of severe injury in place. 51 To raise...
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... that might damage the seatbelt or get it dirty is required to be inserted into the hole located on the underside of the belt has been unbuckled, pull the belt steadily from its anchorage, a thin probe is being hauled. Seating and safety restraints Center position three-point safety... belts If the lower end of the floor mounted buckle. Should the center rear belt need to be unlatched from the reel and insert the small tongue into the small buckle until a distinct "...
... that might damage the seatbelt or get it dirty is required to be inserted into the hole located on the underside of the belt has been unbuckled, pull the belt steadily from its anchorage, a thin probe is being hauled. Seating and safety restraints Center position three-point safety... belts If the lower end of the floor mounted buckle. Should the center rear belt need to be unlatched from the reel and insert the small tongue into the small buckle until a distinct "...
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... be too short even when fully extended. Approximately 20 cm (8 inches) may be added to the length of the belt with a safety belt extension (part number 611C22). Only use the extension to on the label located at no cost from your dealer. Seating and safety restraints ...Conditions of operation If the driver's safety belt is not buckled before the ignition key is sounding, the safety belt indicator light and reminder turn off. If the driver's safety belt is buckled while the indicator light is illuminated and the reminder chime is turned...
... be too short even when fully extended. Approximately 20 cm (8 inches) may be added to the length of the belt with a safety belt extension (part number 611C22). Only use the extension to on the label located at no cost from your dealer. Seating and safety restraints ...Conditions of operation If the driver's safety belt is not buckled before the ignition key is sounding, the safety belt indicator light and reminder turn off. If the driver's safety belt is buckled while the indicator light is illuminated and the reminder chime is turned...
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... en cas de collision avec ce véhicule, ou si la partie orange de cette étiquette est visible (Voir le Guide du proprietare). Belts subjected to strain, as in the result of your dealer or a qualified technician. In a collision of sufficient severity while the safety...sleeve so that all or part of the orange portion of personal injury. Failure to replace this label is in the event of safety belts Periodically check the belts for damage or fraying. REPLACE BUCKLE/REMPLACER BOUCLE 54 WARNING Replace buckle assembly if this vehicle is in a collision or if any ...
... en cas de collision avec ce véhicule, ou si la partie orange de cette étiquette est visible (Voir le Guide du proprietare). Belts subjected to strain, as in the result of your dealer or a qualified technician. In a collision of sufficient severity while the safety...sleeve so that all or part of the orange portion of personal injury. Failure to replace this label is in the event of safety belts Periodically check the belts for damage or fraying. REPLACE BUCKLE/REMPLACER BOUCLE 54 WARNING Replace buckle assembly if this vehicle is in a collision or if any ...
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... EJECT AIR BAG SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT SYSTEM (SRS) Important supplemental restraint system (SRS) precautions The supplemental restraint system is designed to: • work with the safety belt to protect the driver and right front passenger. • reduce certain upper body injuries. 55
... EJECT AIR BAG SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT SYSTEM (SRS) Important supplemental restraint system (SRS) precautions The supplemental restraint system is designed to: • work with the safety belt to protect the driver and right front passenger. • reduce certain upper body injuries. 55
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See your Ford or Lincoln-Mercury dealer. Failure to service, repair, or modify the air bag Supplemental Restraint System or its fuses. Never install rear-facing child seats or rear-facing ... restraints in this guide. Do not attempt to follow these instructions may come into contact with an inflating air bag. Children should always wear safety belts. BAG AIR When installing forwardfacing child seats in the front seat. 56
See your Ford or Lincoln-Mercury dealer. Failure to service, repair, or modify the air bag Supplemental Restraint System or its fuses. Never install rear-facing child seats or rear-facing ... restraints in this guide. Do not attempt to follow these instructions may come into contact with an inflating air bag. Children should always wear safety belts. BAG AIR When installing forwardfacing child seats in the front seat. 56
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...properly restrained in the rear seats than in the front seats. Check seat covers and buckles before you place a child anywhere near them. Safety belts and seats can be seriously injured or killed. Seating and safety restraints CHILDREN AND SAFETY RESTRAINTS To prevent the risk of injury, make sure ... indicate that is in your vehicle that children are more likely to ride in any area of the rear seats in a seat and using a safety belt properly. 61 Do not leave children, unreliable adults, or pets unattended in a cargo area, inside or outside of a vehicle. Do not allow people...
...properly restrained in the rear seats than in the front seats. Check seat covers and buckles before you place a child anywhere near them. Safety belts and seats can be seriously injured or killed. Seating and safety restraints CHILDREN AND SAFETY RESTRAINTS To prevent the risk of injury, make sure ... indicate that is in your vehicle that children are more likely to ride in any area of the rear seats in a seat and using a safety belt properly. 61 Do not leave children, unreliable adults, or pets unattended in a cargo area, inside or outside of a vehicle. Do not allow people...
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... so it does not cross or rest in front of the child's face or neck, the child should always wear safety belts. Seating and safety restraints Children and safety belts Children who are too large for child safety seats (as specified by the child safety seat manufacturer) should wear the lap... and shoulder belt. Moving the child closer to one of the vehicle may help provide a good shoulder belt fit. OR • if the child is the appropriate size, restrain the child in your vehicle. Follow...
... so it does not cross or rest in front of the child's face or neck, the child should always wear safety belts. Seating and safety restraints Children and safety belts Children who are too large for child safety seats (as specified by the child safety seat manufacturer) should wear the lap... and shoulder belt. Moving the child closer to one of the vehicle may help provide a good shoulder belt fit. OR • if the child is the appropriate size, restrain the child in your vehicle. Follow...
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... seat cushion when the lower legs hang over the edge of the seat cushion. A belt-positioning booster seat should be used if the shoulder belt rests in front of the child's face or neck, or if the lap belt does not fit snugly on both thighs, or if the thighs are too short... use of a beltpositioning booster seat that is labelled as conforming to dicuss the special needs of lap and shoulder belts on the child. You may wish to all federal motor vehicle safety standards. Belt-positioning booster seats raise the child and provide a shorter, firmer seating posture and better fit of your child...
... seat cushion when the lower legs hang over the edge of the seat cushion. A belt-positioning booster seat should be used if the shoulder belt rests in front of the child's face or neck, or if the lap belt does not fit snugly on both thighs, or if the thighs are too short... use of a beltpositioning booster seat that is labelled as conforming to dicuss the special needs of lap and shoulder belts on the child. You may wish to all federal motor vehicle safety standards. Belt-positioning booster seats raise the child and provide a shorter, firmer seating posture and better fit of your child...
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Read the labels located on the child seat cushion and shoulder belt for information on the builtin child seat. Children not meeting these requirements should be secured in child restraints, including seats, buckles, retractors, seat latches, interlocks, ...
Read the labels located on the child seat cushion and shoulder belt for information on the builtin child seat. Children not meeting these requirements should be secured in child restraints, including seats, buckles, retractors, seat latches, interlocks, ...
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... built-in child seats are equipped with a retractor. The belts will automatically snug the belts around the child. It prevents the seatback from being unlatched while the child seat is not functioning properly. 66 The retractor will not remain snug ...during a collision if the retractor is in use. When the child seat is not securely latched. If the belts do not remain snug, take the vehicle to your dealer or a qualified technician for child seat repair. Seating and safety restraints Child seat interlock safety...
... built-in child seats are equipped with a retractor. The belts will automatically snug the belts around the child. It prevents the seatback from being unlatched while the child seat is not functioning properly. 66 The retractor will not remain snug ...during a collision if the retractor is in use. When the child seat is not securely latched. If the belts do not remain snug, take the vehicle to your dealer or a qualified technician for child seat repair. Seating and safety restraints Child seat interlock safety...
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...the built-in place. 2. Make sure that the seatback is securely latched in child seat as a booster cushion with the adult safety belts. Seating and safety restraints Placing your child striking the vehicle's interior during a sudden stop or crash. 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 safety restraint system. 1. Continue to release the latch....
...the built-in place. 2. Make sure that the seatback is securely latched in child seat as a booster cushion with the adult safety belts. Seating and safety restraints Placing your child striking the vehicle's interior during a sudden stop or crash. 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 safety restraint system. 1. Continue to release the latch....