Seating and Safety Restraints
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AheadlinerdesignedtoflexopenabovethesidedoorstoallowSafety
Canopy™deployment.
Thesamereadinessairbaglight,electroniccontrolanddiagnosticunit
asusedforthefrontairbags.
TwocrashsensorsmountedontheBpillar(oneoneachsideofthe
vehicle).
TwocrashsensorslocatedattheCpillarbehindthereardoors(one
oneachsideofthevehicle).
Rolloversensorintherestraintscontrolmodule(RCM).
TheSafetyCanopy™system,incombinationwithsafetybelts,canhelp
reducetheriskofsevereinjuriesintheeventofasignificantsideimpact
collisionorrolloverevent.
Children12yearsoldandundershouldalwaysbeproperlyrestrainedin
thesecondrowseats.TheSafetyCanopy™willnotinterferewith
childrenrestrainedusingaproperlyinstalledchildorboosterseat
becauseitisdesignedtoinflatedownwardfromtheheadlinerabovethe
doorsalongthesidewindowopening.
TheSafetyCanopy™systemisdesignedtoactivatewhenthevehicle
sustainslateraldecelerationsufficienttocausethesidecrashsensorto
closeanelectricalcircuitthatinitiatesSafetyCanopy™inflationorwhen
acertainlikelihoodofarollovereventisdetectedbytherolloversensor.
TheSafetyCanopy™ismountedtoroofside-railsheetmetal,behindthe
headliner,alongtheentiresideofthevehicle.Incertainlateralcollisions
orrolloverevents,theSafetyCanopy™systemwillbeactivated,
regardlessofwhichseatsareoccupied.TheSafetyCanopy™isdesigned
toinflatebetweenthesidewindowareaandoccupantstofurther
enhanceprotectionprovidedinsideimpactcollisionsandrolloverevents.
ThefactthattheSafetyCanopy™didnotactivateinacollisiondoesnot
meanthatsomethingiswrongwiththesystem.Rather,itmeansthe
forceswerenotofthetypesufficienttocauseactivation.TheSafety
Canopy™isdesignedtoinflateincertainsideimpactcollisionsor
rolloverevents,notinrearimpact,frontalornear-frontalcollisions,
unlessthecollisioncausessufficientlateraldecelerationorrollover
likelihood.
SeveralSafetyCanopy™systemcomponentsgethotafter
inflation.Donottouchthemafterinflation.
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2008
Taurus(500)
OwnersGuide(post-2002-fmt)
USA(fus)
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| Model Year | 2008 |
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