Seating and Safety Restraints
andtheymoveforwardduringpre-crashbraking.Themosteffectiveway
toreducetheriskofunnecessaryinjuriesistomakesurealloccupants
areproperlyrestrained.Accidentstatisticssuggestthatchildrenare
muchsaferwhenproperlyrestrainedintherearseatingpositionsthanin
thefront.
Airbagscankillorinjureachildinachildseat.NEVERplacea
rear-facingchildseatinfrontofanactiveairbag.Ifyoumust
useaforward-facingchildseatinthefrontseat,movetheseatallthe
wayback.
Alwaystransportchildren12yearsoldandunderintheback
seatandalwaysproperlyuseappropriatechildrestraints.
Thefrontpassengersensingsystemcanautomaticallyturnoffthe
passengerfrontairbagwhenarearfacingchildseat,aforward-facing
childrestraint,oraboosterseatisdetected.Evenwiththistechnology,
parentsareSTRONGLYencouragedtoalwaysproperlyrestrainchildren
intherearseat.Thesensoralsoturnsofftheairbagwhenthepassenger
seatisemptytopreventunnecessaryreplacementoftheairbag(s)after
acollision.
Whenthefrontpassengerseatisoccupiedandthesensingsystemhas
turnedoffthepassenger’sfrontalairbag,the“passairbagoff”indicator
willlightandstaylittoremindyouthatthefrontpassengerfrontal
airbagisoff.SeeFrontpassengersensingsystemintheAirbag
supplementalrestraintsystem(SRS)sectionofthischapter.
Frontsafetybeltusagesensors
Thefrontsafetybeltusagesensorsdetectwhetherornotthedriverand
frontoutboardpassengersafetybeltsarefastened.Thisinformation
allowsyourPersonalSafetySystemtotailortheairbagdeploymentand
safetybeltpretensioneractivationdependinguponsafetybeltusage.
RefertoSafetybeltusagesensorslaterinthischapter.
Frontoutboardsafetybeltpretensioners
Thesafetybeltpretensionersatthefrontoutboardseatingpositionsare
designedtotightenthesafetybeltsfirmlyagainsttheoccupant’sbody
duringfrontalcollisions.Thishelpsincreasetheeffectivenessofthe
safetybelts.Infrontalcollisions,thesafetybeltpretensionerscanbe
activatedaloneor,ifthecollisionisofsufficientseverity,togetherwith
thefrontairbags.
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2007
F-150(f12)
OwnersGuide(post-2002-fmt)
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