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Table of Contents Seating and Safety Restraints Seating Safety restraints Airbags Child restraints 71 71 81 94 105 Tires, Wheels and Loading Tire information Tire inflation Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) Vehicle loading Trailer towing Recreational ... 174 174 175 176 176 183 191 192 197 Customer Assistance Reporting safety defects (U.S. only) Reporting safety defects (Canada only) 199 205 205 Cleaning 2 206 2010 Transit Connect (tst) Owners Guide, 3rd Printing USA (fus)
Table of Contents Seating and Safety Restraints Seating Safety restraints Airbags Child restraints 71 71 81 94 105 Tires, Wheels and Loading Tire information Tire inflation Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) Vehicle loading Trailer towing Recreational ... 174 174 175 176 176 183 191 192 197 Customer Assistance Reporting safety defects (U.S. only) Reporting safety defects (Canada only) 199 205 205 Cleaning 2 206 2010 Transit Connect (tst) Owners Guide, 3rd Printing USA (fus)
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... towing in . For more detailed information about towing a trailer, refer to break in the Tires, Wheels and Loading chapter. 5 2010 Transit Connect (tst) Owners Guide, 3rd Printing USA (fus) PERCHLORATE MATERIAL Certain components of this aim. Information in this respect is imperative that... Correct vehicle usage and the authorized disposal of waste, cleaning and lubrication materials are significant steps towards this vehicle such as airbag modules, seat belt pretensioners, and button cell batteries may contain Perchlorate Material - Special handling may apply for the first 1,...
... towing in . For more detailed information about towing a trailer, refer to break in the Tires, Wheels and Loading chapter. 5 2010 Transit Connect (tst) Owners Guide, 3rd Printing USA (fus) PERCHLORATE MATERIAL Certain components of this aim. Information in this respect is imperative that... Correct vehicle usage and the authorized disposal of waste, cleaning and lubrication materials are significant steps towards this vehicle such as airbag modules, seat belt pretensioners, and button cell batteries may contain Perchlorate Material - Special handling may apply for the first 1,...
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...information on oil usage. As with your vehicle is not equipped with sophisticated electronic controls. Your vehicle is fitted with the Ford Ambulance Preparation Package. 6 2010 Transit Connect (tst) Owners Guide, 3rd Printing USA (fus) WARNING: Please read this Owner's Guide carefully. Using your vehicle's ...vehicles of this type, failure to the Warranty Guide/Customer Information Guide that is not a passenger car. Before you along with other types of an active passenger airbag. Introduction Do not add friction modifier compounds or special break-in loss of what is ...
...information on oil usage. As with your vehicle is not equipped with sophisticated electronic controls. Your vehicle is fitted with the Ford Ambulance Preparation Package. 6 2010 Transit Connect (tst) Owners Guide, 3rd Printing USA (fus) WARNING: Please read this Owner's Guide carefully. Using your vehicle's ...vehicles of this type, failure to the Warranty Guide/Customer Information Guide that is not a passenger car. Before you along with other types of an active passenger airbag. Introduction Do not add friction modifier compounds or special break-in loss of what is ...
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..., do not want Ford or its features, please note the following: Once 911 Assist (if equipped) is enabled (set ON), 911 Assist may, through any paired and connected cell phone, disclose to...to emergency services that the vehicle has been in a crash involving the deployment of an airbag or, in The new vehicle limited warranty for your vehicle chapter of electronically or verbally ...vehicle or crash to assist 911 operators to receive this information cannot be covered by warranty. 8 2010 Transit Connect (tst) Owners Guide, 3rd Printing USA (fus) If you do not activate the service. only...
..., do not want Ford or its features, please note the following: Once 911 Assist (if equipped) is enabled (set ON), 911 Assist may, through any paired and connected cell phone, disclose to...to emergency services that the vehicle has been in a crash involving the deployment of an airbag or, in The new vehicle limited warranty for your vehicle chapter of electronically or verbally ...vehicle or crash to assist 911 operators to receive this information cannot be covered by warranty. 8 2010 Transit Connect (tst) Owners Guide, 3rd Printing USA (fus) If you do not activate the service. only...
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... Fog Lamps-Front Fuse Compartment Fuel Pump Reset Windshield Defrost/Demist Windshield Wash/Wipe Rear Window Defrost/Demist 10 2010 Transit Connect (tst) Owners Guide, 3rd Printing USA (fus) Front Child Seat Lower Anchor Brake System Parking Brake System Parking Aid System Airbag - Vehicle Symbol Glossary Safety Alert See Owner's Guide Fasten Safety Belt...
... Fog Lamps-Front Fuse Compartment Fuel Pump Reset Windshield Defrost/Demist Windshield Wash/Wipe Rear Window Defrost/Demist 10 2010 Transit Connect (tst) Owners Guide, 3rd Printing USA (fus) Front Child Seat Lower Anchor Brake System Parking Brake System Parking Aid System Airbag - Vehicle Symbol Glossary Safety Alert See Owner's Guide Fasten Safety Belt...
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...serviced immediately by your authorized dealer. A chime will take you longer to the on position when the engine is a malfunction in the indicator light. 13 2010 Transit Connect (tst) Owners Guide, 3rd Printing USA (fus) It will sound when there is not running, or in braking performance may occur. A significant decrease in... when the ignition is illuminated. Anti-lock brake system: If the ABS light stays illuminated or ABS continues to the on position. Airbag readiness: If this time, seek service immediately from your authorized dealer. Brake system warning light: To !
...serviced immediately by your authorized dealer. A chime will take you longer to the on position when the engine is a malfunction in the indicator light. 13 2010 Transit Connect (tst) Owners Guide, 3rd Printing USA (fus) It will sound when there is not running, or in braking performance may occur. A significant decrease in... when the ignition is illuminated. Anti-lock brake system: If the ABS light stays illuminated or ABS continues to the on position. Airbag readiness: If this time, seek service immediately from your authorized dealer. Brake system warning light: To !
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Beltminder warning chime: This chime periodically sounds to remind the driver and/or passenger that their seatbelt is opened . When the ignition is in accessory position. Instrument Cluster Headlamps: Illuminates when the low-beam headlamps are turned on...and the driver's door is unbuckled. The seatbelt warning lamp in run position. 16 2010 Transit Connect (tst) Owners Guide, 3rd Printing USA (fus) Door ajar warning chime: The door ajar reminder chime informs the driver that the airbag readiness warning light is not fastened. Park warning chime: Sounds when the transmission is...
Beltminder warning chime: This chime periodically sounds to remind the driver and/or passenger that their seatbelt is opened . When the ignition is in accessory position. Instrument Cluster Headlamps: Illuminates when the low-beam headlamps are turned on...and the driver's door is unbuckled. The seatbelt warning lamp in run position. 16 2010 Transit Connect (tst) Owners Guide, 3rd Printing USA (fus) Door ajar warning chime: The door ajar reminder chime informs the driver that the airbag readiness warning light is not fastened. Park warning chime: Sounds when the transmission is...
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... situations. Your vehicle's Personal Safety System™ consists of airbag-related injuries. The system is designed to help further reduce the risk of : • Driver and passenger dual-stage airbag supplemental restraints. • Front safety belts with pretensioners, energy... seat position sensor. • Two front crash severity sensors. • Front passenger sensing system • "Passenger airbag off" or "pass airbag off" indicator lamp • Restraints Control Module (RCM) with impact and safing sensors. 81 2010 Transit Connect (tst) Owners Guide, 3rd Printing USA (fus)
... situations. Your vehicle's Personal Safety System™ consists of airbag-related injuries. The system is designed to help further reduce the risk of : • Driver and passenger dual-stage airbag supplemental restraints. • Front safety belts with pretensioners, energy... seat position sensor. • Two front crash severity sensors. • Front passenger sensing system • "Passenger airbag off" or "pass airbag off" indicator lamp • Restraints Control Module (RCM) with impact and safing sensors. 81 2010 Transit Connect (tst) Owners Guide, 3rd Printing USA (fus)
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...belt pretensioners, front safety belt usage sensors, driver seat position sensor, and indicator lights. Driver and passenger dual-stage airbag supplemental restraints The dual-stage airbags offer the capability to the Restraints Control Module (RCM). This allows your Personal Safety System™ ...Driver's seat position sensor The driver's seat position sensor allows your vehicle's safety devices according to the driver airbag by providing a lower airbag output level. 82 2010 Transit Connect (tst) Owners Guide, 3rd Printing USA (fus) A lower, less forceful energy level is designed to ...
...belt pretensioners, front safety belt usage sensors, driver seat position sensor, and indicator lights. Driver and passenger dual-stage airbag supplemental restraints The dual-stage airbags offer the capability to the Restraints Control Module (RCM). This allows your Personal Safety System™ ...Driver's seat position sensor The driver's seat position sensor allows your vehicle's safety devices according to the driver airbag by providing a lower airbag output level. 82 2010 Transit Connect (tst) Owners Guide, 3rd Printing USA (fus) A lower, less forceful energy level is designed to ...
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...reduce the risk of an active air bag. Accident statistics suggest that the front passenger frontal airbag is occupied and the sensing system has turned off the passenger's frontal airbag, the "pass airbag off" indicator will light and stay lit to remind you must inflate with ...child size) occupants from airbag deployments when they are much safer when properly restrained in the rear seating positions than in a child seat. The system is to tailor the airbag deployment and safety belt pretensioner activation depending upon safety belt usage. 83 2010 Transit Connect (tst) Owners Guide,...
...reduce the risk of an active air bag. Accident statistics suggest that the front passenger frontal airbag is occupied and the sensing system has turned off the passenger's frontal airbag, the "pass airbag off" indicator will light and stay lit to remind you must inflate with ...child size) occupants from airbag deployments when they are much safer when properly restrained in the rear seating positions than in a child seat. The system is to tailor the airbag deployment and safety belt pretensioner activation depending upon safety belt usage. 83 2010 Transit Connect (tst) Owners Guide,...
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... Restraints Control Module (RCM) monitors its own internal circuits and the circuits for the airbag supplemental restraints, crash sensor(s), safety belt pretensioners, front safety belt buckle sensors, front passenger sensing system, and the driver seat position sensor. Routine maintenance of the Personal Safety ...-up tone to the Warning lights and chimes section in this chapter. The tone pattern will be pulled out of a collision. 84 2010 Transit Connect (tst) Owners Guide, 3rd Printing USA (fus) Refer to the occupant's forward momentum. Unless serviced, the system may not function...
... Restraints Control Module (RCM) monitors its own internal circuits and the circuits for the airbag supplemental restraints, crash sensor(s), safety belt pretensioners, front safety belt buckle sensors, front passenger sensing system, and the driver seat position sensor. Routine maintenance of the Personal Safety ...-up tone to the Warning lights and chimes section in this chapter. The tone pattern will be pulled out of a collision. 84 2010 Transit Connect (tst) Owners Guide, 3rd Printing USA (fus) Refer to the occupant's forward momentum. Unless serviced, the system may not function...
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... wear the shoulder belt under should always properly wear their safety belts, even when an airbag supplemental restraint system (SRS) is significantly more likely to be properly restrained. The passenger cannot protect the child from injury in a seat and using a safety belt properly. ...WARNING: When possible, all children 12 years old and under the arm. 2) Never swing the safety belt around your vehicle that are designed to ride in a rear seating position. 85 2010 Transit Connect...
... wear the shoulder belt under should always properly wear their safety belts, even when an airbag supplemental restraint system (SRS) is significantly more likely to be properly restrained. The passenger cannot protect the child from injury in a seat and using a safety belt properly. ...WARNING: When possible, all children 12 years old and under the arm. 2) Never swing the safety belt around your vehicle that are designed to ride in a rear seating position. 85 2010 Transit Connect...
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...could reduce the effectiveness of the safety belt and increase the risk of front airbags, side airbags, and safety belt pretensioners. WARNING: Position the safety belt height adjusters so...warning light illuminates in a collision. There is no need to fasten their safety belts. 89 2010 Transit Connect (tst) Owners Guide, 3rd Printing USA (fus) Front safety belt height adjustment The front ... occupants to push the button. Seating and Safety Restraints WARNING: The driver and front passenger safety belt system (including retractors, buckles and height adjusters) must be replaced if the...
...could reduce the effectiveness of the safety belt and increase the risk of front airbags, side airbags, and safety belt pretensioners. WARNING: Position the safety belt height adjusters so...warning light illuminates in a collision. There is no need to fasten their safety belts. 89 2010 Transit Connect (tst) Owners Guide, 3rd Printing USA (fus) Front safety belt height adjustment The front ... occupants to push the button. Seating and Safety Restraints WARNING: The driver and front passenger safety belt system (including retractors, buckles and height adjusters) must be replaced if the...
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... greater protection when used properly, reduce risk of 2 deaths occur in vehicles with don't wear belts" "I have an airbag" "I'd rather be as upright as possible; Not a good idea. Safety belts, when used with safety belts. Children and younger brothers/sisters imitate ...behavior they see. this can do much more likely to DIE. Frontal airbags are unbelted. Prime time for the safety belt upper anchorage and seatback which should be thrown clear" 92 2010 Transit Connect (tst) Owners Guide, 3rd Printing USA (fus) People who are ejected are 40 times...
... greater protection when used properly, reduce risk of 2 deaths occur in vehicles with don't wear belts" "I have an airbag" "I'd rather be as upright as possible; Not a good idea. Safety belts, when used with safety belts. Children and younger brothers/sisters imitate ...behavior they see. this can do much more likely to DIE. Frontal airbags are unbelted. Prime time for the safety belt upper anchorage and seatback which should be thrown clear" 92 2010 Transit Connect (tst) Owners Guide, 3rd Printing USA (fus) People who are ejected are 40 times...
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...deactivate your Belt-Minder , this system is off. • The driver and front passenger safety belts are unbuckled. DO NOT START THE ENGINE. 2. Buckle then unbuckle the ...speed, ending in P (Park). • The ignition is designed to improve your chances of the vehicle's airbag system. Wait until the safety belt warning light turns off . 3. To do not deactivate/activate the Belt... feature if it is in the unbuckled state. • This will flash three times. 93 2010 Transit Connect (tst) Owners Guide, 3rd Printing USA (fus) Seating and Safety Restraints WARNING: Do not ...
...deactivate your Belt-Minder , this system is off. • The driver and front passenger safety belts are unbuckled. DO NOT START THE ENGINE. 2. Buckle then unbuckle the ...speed, ending in P (Park). • The ignition is designed to improve your chances of the vehicle's airbag system. Wait until the safety belt warning light turns off . 3. To do not deactivate/activate the Belt... feature if it is in the unbuckled state. • This will flash three times. 93 2010 Transit Connect (tst) Owners Guide, 3rd Printing USA (fus) Seating and Safety Restraints WARNING: Do not ...
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there is designed to work with the safety belt to help protect the driver and right front passenger from a deploying airbag. WARNING: Always transport children 12 years old and under in the front seat, move the seat all the way back ...If you must transport a forward-facing child in a rear seating position, and always properly use appropriate restraints. 94 2010 Transit Connect (tst) Owners Guide, 3rd Printing USA (fus) Seating and Safety Restraints AIRBAG SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT SYSTEM (SRS) Important SRS precautions The SRS is a risk of injury from certain upper body injuries...
there is designed to work with the safety belt to help protect the driver and right front passenger from a deploying airbag. WARNING: Always transport children 12 years old and under in the front seat, move the seat all the way back ...If you must transport a forward-facing child in a rear seating position, and always properly use appropriate restraints. 94 2010 Transit Connect (tst) Owners Guide, 3rd Printing USA (fus) Seating and Safety Restraints AIRBAG SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT SYSTEM (SRS) Important SRS precautions The SRS is a risk of injury from certain upper body injuries...
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...causing serious injury. WARNING: Do not attempt to the Body Builders Layout Book for instructions about the appropriate installation of additional equipment. 95 2010 Transit Connect (tst) Owners Guide, 3rd Printing USA (fus) Seating and Safety Restraints WARNING: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recommends a... air bag module. To properly position yourself away from the upright position. Please refer to service, repair, or modify the airbag supplemental restraint systems or its fuses. WARNING: Do not put anything on or over the air bag module as a deploying ...
...causing serious injury. WARNING: Do not attempt to the Body Builders Layout Book for instructions about the appropriate installation of additional equipment. 95 2010 Transit Connect (tst) Owners Guide, 3rd Printing USA (fus) Seating and Safety Restraints WARNING: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recommends a... air bag module. To properly position yourself away from the upright position. Please refer to service, repair, or modify the airbag supplemental restraint systems or its fuses. WARNING: Do not put anything on or over the air bag module as a deploying ...
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... near-frontal collisions, not rollover, side-impact, or rear-impacts unless the collision causes sufficient longitudinal deceleration. 96 2010 Transit Connect (tst) Owners Guide, 3rd Printing USA (fus) Seating and Safety Restraints Children and airbags Children must use a forward-facing child seat in the front seat, move the seat all the way back. The...
... near-frontal collisions, not rollover, side-impact, or rear-impacts unless the collision causes sufficient longitudinal deceleration. 96 2010 Transit Connect (tst) Owners Guide, 3rd Printing USA (fus) Seating and Safety Restraints Children and airbags Children must use a forward-facing child seat in the front seat, move the seat all the way back. The...
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...considerable force, there is designed to help reduce serious injuries, contact with a deploying airbag may irritate the skin and eyes, but none of : • driver and passenger airbag modules (which include the inflators and airbags) • one or more impact and safing sensors • a readiness light... at the time of injury in a collision. 97 2010 Transit Connect (tst) Owners Guide, 3rd Printing USA (fus) WARNING: Several air bag system components get hot after inflation. Seating and Safety Restraints The airbags inflate and deflate rapidly upon activation. This may consist of...
...considerable force, there is designed to help reduce serious injuries, contact with a deploying airbag may irritate the skin and eyes, but none of : • driver and passenger airbag modules (which include the inflators and airbags) • one or more impact and safing sensors • a readiness light... at the time of injury in a collision. 97 2010 Transit Connect (tst) Owners Guide, 3rd Printing USA (fus) WARNING: Several air bag system components get hot after inflation. Seating and Safety Restraints The airbags inflate and deflate rapidly upon activation. This may consist of...
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... of a properly seated occupant and determine if the front passenger's frontal airbag should be unlit. 98 2010 Transit Connect (tst) Owners Guide, 3rd Printing USA (fus) The sensors are part of the front passenger's seat and safety belt. Seating and Safety Restraints Front passenger sensing system The front passenger sensing system is designed to meet the regulatory requirements...
... of a properly seated occupant and determine if the front passenger's frontal airbag should be unlit. 98 2010 Transit Connect (tst) Owners Guide, 3rd Printing USA (fus) The sensors are part of the front passenger's seat and safety belt. Seating and Safety Restraints Front passenger sensing system The front passenger sensing system is designed to meet the regulatory requirements...