2010 Ford Escape Owners Manual

Seating and Safety Restraints

occupantisnotproperlyrestrainedbysafetybeltsorchildsafetyseats

andtheymoveforwardduringpre-crashbraking.Themosteffectiveway

toreducetheriskofunnecessaryinjuriesistomakesurealloccupants

areproperlyrestrained.Accidentstatisticssuggestthatchildrenare

muchsaferwhenproperlyrestrainedintherearseatingpositionsthanin

thefront.

WARNING:Airbagscankillorinjureachildinachildseat.

NEVERplacearear-facingchildseatinfrontofanactiveair

bag.Ifyoumustuseaforward-facingchildseatinthefrontseat,move

theseatallthewayback.

WARNING:Whenpossible,allchildren12yearsoldandunder

shouldbeproperlyrestrainedinarearseatingposition.

Thefrontpassengersensingsystemcanautomaticallyturnoffthe

passengerfrontairbag.Thesystemisdesignedtohelpprotectsmall

(childsize)occupantsfromairbagdeploymentswhentheyare

improperlyseatedorrestrainedinthefrontpassengerseatcontraryto

properchild-seatingorrestraintusagerecommendations.Evenwiththis

technology,parentsareSTRONGLYencouragedtoalwaysproperly

restrainchildrenintherearseat.Thesensoralsoturnsoffthepassenger

frontairbagandpassengerseat-mountedsideairbagwhenthepassenger

seatisempty.

Whenthefrontpassengerseatisoccupiedandthesensingsystemhas

turnedoffthepassenger’sfrontalairbag,the“passairbagoff”indicator

willlightandstaylittoremindyouthatthefrontpassengerfrontal

airbagisoff.SeeFrontpassengersensingsystemintheairbagssection

ofthischapter.

Frontsafetybeltusagesensors

Thefrontsafetybeltusagesensorsdetectwhetherornotthedriverand

frontoutboardpassengersafetybeltsarefastened.Thisinformation

allowsyourPersonalSafetySystem™totailortheairbagdeployment

andsafetybeltpretensioneractivationdependinguponsafetybeltusage.

RefertoSafetyrestraintssectioninthischapter.

Frontsafetybeltpretensioners

Thesafetybeltpretensionersatthefrontoutboardseatingpositionsare

designedtotightenthesafetybeltsfirmlyagainsttheoccupant’sbody

duringfrontalcollisions,andinsidecollisionsandrollovers.Thishelps

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aldo on May 23, 2014.

very descriptive and helpful.