Seating and Safety Restraints
Frontsafetybeltpretensioners
Thesafetybeltpretensionersaredesignedtotightenthesafetybelts
firmlyagainsttheoccupant’sbodyduringacollision.Thismaximizesthe
effectivenessofthesafetybeltsandhelpsproperlypositiontheoccupant
relativetotheairbagtoimproveprotection.Thesafetybelt
pretensionerscanbeeitheractivatedaloneor,ifthecollisionisof
sufficientseverity,togetherwiththeairbags.
Frontsafetybeltenergymanagementretractors
Thefrontsafetybeltenergymanagementretractorsallowwebbingtobe
pulledoutoftheretractorinagradualandcontrolledmannerin
responsetotheoccupant’sforwardmomentum.Thishelpsreducethe
riskofforce-relatedinjuriestotheoccupant’schestbylimitingtheload
ontheoccupant.RefertoSafetyBeltsectioninthischapter.
DeterminingifthePersonalSafetySystemisoperational
ThePersonalSafetySystemusesawarninglightintheinstrument
clusteroraback-uptonetoindicatetheconditionofthesystem.Refer
totheWarningLightsectionintheInstrumentClusterchapter.
RoutinemaintenanceofthePersonalSafetySystemisnotrequired.
TheRestraintsControlModule(RCM)monitorsitsowninternalcircuits
andthecircuitsfortheairbagsupplementalrestraints,crashsensor(s),
safetybeltpretensioners,frontsafetybeltbucklesensors,andthedriver
seatpositionsensor.Inaddition,theRCMalsomonitorstherestraints
warninglightintheinstrumentcluster.Adifficultywiththesystemis
indicatedbyoneormoreofthefollowing.
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Thewarninglightwilleitherflashorstaylit.
Thewarninglightwillnotilluminateimmediatelyafterignitionis
turnedon.
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Aseriesoffivebeepswillbeheard.Thetonepatternwillrepeat
periodicallyuntiltheproblemandwarninglightarerepaired.
Ifanyofthesethingshappen,evenintermittently,havethePersonal
SafetySystemservicedatyourdealershiporbyaqualifiedtechnician
immediately.Unlessserviced,thesystemmaynotfunctionproperlyin
theeventofacollision.
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2004
Focus(foc)
OwnersGuide(post-2002-fmt)
USAEnglish(fus)
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