2007 Ford Explorer Owners Manual

Seating and Safety Restraints
Driver’sseatpositionsensor
Thedriver’sseatpositionsensorallowsyourPersonalSafetySystemto
tailorthedeploymentlevelofthedriverdual-stageairbagbasedonseat
position.Thesystemisdesignedtohelpprotectsmallerdriverssitting
closetothedriverairbagbyprovidingalowerairbagoutputlevel.
Frontpassengersensingsystem
Forairbagstodotheirjobtheymustinflatewithgreatforce,andthis
forcecanposeapotentiallydeadlyrisktooccupantsthatareveryclose
totheairbagwhenitbeginstoinflate.Forsomeoccupants,thisoccurs
becausetheyareinitiallysittingveryclosetotheairbag.Forother
occupants,thisoccurswhentheoccupantisnotproperlyrestrainedby
safetybeltsorchildsafetyseatsandtheymoveforwardduringpre-crash
braking.Themosteffectivewaytoreducetheriskofunnecessary
injuriesistomakesurealloccupantsareproperlyrestrained.Accident
statisticssuggestthatchildrenaremuchsaferwhenproperlyrestrained
intherearseatingpositionsthaninthefront.
Airbagscankillorinjureachildinachildseat.NEVERplacea
rear-facingchildseatinfrontofanactiveairbag.Ifyoumust
useaforward-facingchildseatinthefrontseat,movetheseatallthe
wayback.
Alwaystransportchildren12yearsoldandunderintheback
seatandalwaysproperlyuseappropriatechildrestraints.
Thefrontpassengersensingsystemcanautomaticallyturnoffthefront
passengerairbagandpassengerseat-mountedsideairbag.Thesystemis
designedtohelpprotectsmall(childsize)occupantsfromfrontalairbag
deploymentswhentheyareseatedorrestrainedinthefrontpassenger
seatcontrarytoproperchild-seatingorrestraintusage
recommendations.Evenwiththistechnology,parentsareSTRONGLY
encouragedtoalwaysproperlyrestrainchildrenintherearseat.The
sensoralsoturnsoffthepassengerfrontairbagandpassenger
seat-mountedsideairbag(ifequipped)whenthepassengerseatis
empty.
Frontsafetybeltusagesensors
Thefrontsafetybeltusagesensorsdetectwhetherornotthedriverand
frontoutboardpassengersafetybeltsarefastened.Thisinformation
allowsyourPersonalSafetySystemtotailortheairbagdeploymentand
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2007
Explorer(exp)
OwnersGuide(post-2002-fmt)
USA(fus)
Product Specification
CategoriesFord Explorer Manuals, Ford Manuals
Model Year2007
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