Seating and safety restraints
Children and air bags
Foradditionalimportantsafety
information,readallinformationon
safetyrestraintsinthisguide.
Childrenmustalwaysbeproperly
restrained.Accidentstatistics
suggestthatchildrenaresaferwhen
properlyrestrainedintherear
seatingpositionsthaninthefront
seatingposition.Failuretofollow
theseinstructionsmayincreasethe
riskofinjuryinacollision.
Airbagscankillorinjurea
childinachildseat.
NEVERplacearear-facingchild
seatinfrontofanactiveairbag.If
youmustuseaforward-facing
childseatinthefrontseat,move
theseatallthewayback.
How does the air bag supplemental restraint system work?
TheairbagSRSisdesignedto
activatewhenthevehiclesustains
longitudinaldecelerationsufficient
tocausethesensorstoclosean
electricalcircuitthatinitiatesair
baginflation.
Thefactthattheairbagsdidnot
inflateinacollisiondoesnotmean
thatsomethingiswrongwiththe
system.Rather,itmeanstheforces
werenotofthetypesufficientto
causeactivation.Airbagsaredesignedtoinflateinfrontaland
near-frontalcollisions,notrollover,side-impact,orrear-impactsunless
thecollisioncausessufficientlongitudinaldeceleration.
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Product Specification
Categories | Ford Escape Manuals, Ford Manuals |
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Model Year | 2001 |
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