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Seating and safety restraints – FORD 2002 Taurus v.4 User Manual

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attaching hardware, should be inspected after a collision. Ford Motor
Company recommends that all safety belt assemblies used in vehicles
involved in a collision be replaced. However, if the collision was minor
and a qualified technician finds that the belts do not show damage and
continue to operate properly, they do not need to be replaced. Safety
belt assemblies not in use during a collision should also be inspected and
replaced if either damage or improper operation is noted.

Failure to inspect and if necessary replace the safety belt
assembly under the above conditions could result in severe

personal injuries in the event of a collision.

Refer to Interior in the Cleaning chapter.

AIR BAG SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT SYSTEM

Your vehicle is equipped with a crash sensing and diagnostic module
which records information about the air bag and sensor systems. In the
event of a collision this module may save information related to the
collision including information about the air bag system and impact
severity. This information will assist Ford in the servicing of your vehicle
and may help Ford better understand real world collisions and further
improve the safety of future vehicles.

The air bag supplemental restraint system is designed to work in
conjunction with the safety belts to help protect the driver and front
outboard passenger from certain upper body injuries. The term
“supplemental restraint” means the air bags are intended as a
supplement to the safety belts. Air bags alone cannot protect as well as
air bags plus safety belts in impacts for which the air bags are designed
to deploy, and air bags do not offer any protection in crashes for which
they do not deploy.

A

VOL

PUSH ON

AM

FM

H

M

EJ

TAPE

BASS

TREB

BAL

FADE

SCAN

REW

FF

R

COMP

OFF

A/C

MAX
A/C

SHUFFLE

SIDE 1-2

CD

SEEK

TUNE

DISC 1-6

1

2

3

4

5

6

P

!
BRAKE

+

CRUISE

RPMx1000

ABS

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

20

60

140

180

100

km/h

P

R N D 2 1

0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0

E

F

C

H

FUEL DOOR >

THEFT

LOW

COOLANT

ON

SET+

RES

CST-

OFF

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