2006 Ford Escape Owners Manual

Seating and Safety Restraints
How does the Personal Safety  Systemி work?
The Personal   Safety System௢  can  adapt  the deployment   strategy  of your
vehicle’s safety  devices  according  to crash  severity  and  occupant
conditions.  A collection  of crash  and  occupant  sensors  provides
information  to the  Restraints   control  module (RCM).  During  a crash,  the
RCM activates  the  safety belt  pretensioners   and/or  either  one  or both
stages  of the  dual-stage  airbag  supplemental  restraints   based  on crash
severity  and occupant   conditions.
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  only  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 in  side collisions  and rollovers  when  the  vehicle is equipped
with the  Safety  Canopy system.
Driver and passenger dual-stage airbag  supplemental restraints
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  to Airbag   su pplem en tal restr ain ts
section  in this  chapter.
Front crash severity sensor
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’s seat position sensor
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.
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2006
Escape (204)
Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt)
USA (fus)
Product Specification
CategoriesFord Escape Manuals, Ford Manuals
Model Year2006
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Carlos on Sep 24, 2017. specs

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