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Safety belts, Principle of operation – FORD 2015 Escape User Manual

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PRINCIPLE OF OPERATION

WARNINGS

Always drive and ride with your
seatback upright and the lap belt
snug and low across the hips.

To reduce the risk of injury, make
sure children sit where they can be
properly restrained.

Never let a passenger hold a child on
his or her lap while your vehicle is
moving. The passenger cannot

protect the child from injury in a crash.

All occupants of your vehicle,
including the driver, should always
properly wear their safety belts, even

when an airbag supplemental restraint
system is provided.

It is extremely dangerous to ride in a
cargo area, inside or outside of a
vehicle. In a crash, people riding in

these areas are more likely to be seriously
injured or killed. Do not allow people to ride
in any area of your vehicle that is not
equipped with seats and safety belts. Be
sure everyone in your vehicle is in a seat
and using a safety belt properly.

In a rollover crash, an unbelted
person is significantly more likely to
die than a person wearing a safety

belt.

Each seating position in your vehicle
has a specific safety belt assembly
which is made up of one buckle and

one tongue that are designed to be used
as a pair. 1) Use the shoulder belt on the
outside shoulder only. Never wear the
shoulder belt under the arm. 2) Never
swing the safety belt around your neck over
the inside shoulder. 3) Never use a single
belt for more than one person.

When possible, all children 12 years
old and under should be properly
restrained in a rear seating position.

WARNINGS

Safety belts and seats can become
hot in a vehicle that has been closed
up in sunny weather; they could burn

a small child. Check seat covers and
buckles before you place a child anywhere
near them.

Front and rear seat occupants,
including pregnant women, should
wear safety belts for optimum

protection in an accident.

All seating positions in this vehicle have
lap and shoulder safety belts. All
occupants of the vehicle should always
properly wear their safety belts, even when
an airbag supplemental restraint system
is provided.

The safety belt system consists of:

lap and shoulder safety belts

shoulder safety belt with automatic
locking mode, (except driver safety
belt)

height adjuster at the front outboard
seating positions

retractor and anchor pretensioner at
the front outboard seating positions

belt tension sensor at the front
outboard passenger seating position

safety belt warning light and chime

crash sensors and monitoring system
with readiness indicator.

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