2005 Ford Taurus Owners Manual

Seating and Safety Restraints
The fact that  the pretensioners or  airbags did not activate  for both front
seat occupants in  a collision does  not mean that something  is wrong with
the system. Rather,  it means the  Personal Safety System determined
the accident conditions  (crash severity, belt  usage, etc.) were not
appropriate to activate  these safety devices.  Front airbags are designed
to activate in  frontal and near-frontal  collisions (not rollovers, side
impacts or rear  impacts) unless the  collision causes sufficient
longitudinal deceleration. The  pretensioners are designed  to activate in
frontal and near-frontal  collisions, and in  side collisions when the  vehicle
is equipped with  side airbags.
Driverandpassengerdual-stageairbagsupplementalrestraints
The dual-stage airbags  offer the capability  to tailor the level  of airbag
inflation energy. A  lower, less forceful  energy level is provided  for more
common, moderate-severity impacts.  A higher energy  level is used for
the most severe  impacts. Refer toAirbagSupplementalRestraints
section in this  chapter.
Frontcrashseveritysensor
The front crash  severity sensor enhances  the ability to detect  the
severity of an  impact. Positioned up  front, it provides valuable
information early in  the crash event  on the severity of  the impact. This
allows your Personal  Safety Systemto  distinguish between different
levels of crash  severity and modify  the deployment strategy of  the
dual-stage airbags and  safety belt pretensioners.
Driver’sseatpositionsensor
The driver’s seat  position sensor allows  your Personal Safety System௢   to
tailor the deployment  level of the  driver dual-stage airbag based  on seat
position. The system  is designed to  help protect smaller drivers  sitting
close to the  driver airbag by  providing a lower airbag  output level.
Frontpassengersensingsystem
For airbags to  do their job  they must inflate with  great force, and  this
force can pose  a potentially deadly  risk to occupants that  are very close
to the airbag  when it begins  to inflate. For some  occupants, like infants
in rear-facing child  seats, this occurs  because they are initially  sitting
very close to  the airbag. For  other occupants, this occurs  when the
occupant is not  properly restrained by  seat belts or child  safety seats and
they move forward  during pre-crash braking.  The most effective way  to
reduce the risk  of unnecessary injuries  is to make sure  all occupants are
properly restrained. Accident  statistics suggest that  children are much
safer when properly  restrained in the  rear seating positions than  in the
front.
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Model Year2005
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