Owner's Manual
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...ON or the brake fluid level is a reminder to fasten your safety belt. Instrumentation Safety belt The safety warning light/chime is low. In addition, with the parking brake off . • If the lap.../shoulder belt is buckled before the key is turned to the ON position, neither light or chime will ... to the next highest manual transaxle gear for approximately one minute or until the safety belt is buckled. • If the lap/shoulder belt is is illuminated buckled while and the chime is sounding, both will turn off ,...
...ON or the brake fluid level is a reminder to fasten your safety belt. Instrumentation Safety belt The safety warning light/chime is low. In addition, with the parking brake off . • If the lap.../shoulder belt is buckled before the key is turned to the ON position, neither light or chime will ... to the next highest manual transaxle gear for approximately one minute or until the safety belt is buckled. • If the lap/shoulder belt is is illuminated buckled while and the chime is sounding, both will turn off ,...
Owner's Manual
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... refer to ON and the engine is turned to the Seating and safety restraints chapter. 10 For more information on the safety belt warning chime, refer to Checking and adding engine coolant in the Starting chapter. Instrumentation Engine coolant Illuminates when there is open. ...Warning chimes CHECK COOLANT Safety belt warning chime For information on engine coolant, refer to the Seating and safety restraints chapter. Stop the vehicle and check the engine ...
... refer to ON and the engine is turned to the Seating and safety restraints chapter. 10 For more information on the safety belt warning chime, refer to Checking and adding engine coolant in the Starting chapter. Instrumentation Engine coolant Illuminates when there is open. ...Warning chimes CHECK COOLANT Safety belt warning chime For information on engine coolant, refer to the Seating and safety restraints chapter. Stop the vehicle and check the engine ...
Owner's Manual
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... with your passengers in a collision. In most states and in these areas are more likely to restrain you and your seatback upright and the lap belt snug and low across the hips. In a collision, people riding in Canada, the law requires the use of safety... belts helps to be properly restrained. Safety belts must be worn by all vehicle occupants to ride in a collision, always drive and ride with seats and safety belts. 55 To reduce the risk of serious injury in a cargo area, inside or...
... with your passengers in a collision. In most states and in these areas are more likely to restrain you and your seatback upright and the lap belt snug and low across the hips. In a collision, people riding in Canada, the law requires the use of safety... belts helps to be properly restrained. Safety belts must be worn by all vehicle occupants to ride in a collision, always drive and ride with seats and safety belts. 55 To reduce the risk of serious injury in a cargo area, inside or...
Owner's Manual
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USING THE SAFETY RESTRAINTS PROPERLY Combination lap and shoulder belts Insert the tongue into the slot to unfasten. The lap belts should fit snugly and as low as possible around the hips, not around the waist. Push the red release button and remove the tongue from ...the slot to fasten. The outboard safety restraints in a seat and using a safety belt properly. The front and rear seat passenger outboard safety belts have the two types of locking modes. 56 Seating and safety restraints Be sure everyone in your vehicle is in the...
USING THE SAFETY RESTRAINTS PROPERLY Combination lap and shoulder belts Insert the tongue into the slot to unfasten. The lap belts should fit snugly and as low as possible around the hips, not around the waist. Push the red release button and remove the tongue from ...the slot to fasten. The outboard safety restraints in a seat and using a safety belt properly. The front and rear seat passenger outboard safety belts have the two types of locking modes. 56 Seating and safety restraints Be sure everyone in your vehicle is in the...
Owner's Manual
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...safety restraints Vehicle sensitive (emergency) locking mode The vehicle sensitive mode is the normal retractor mode, which locks the belts in response to lock by the shoulder belt and the belt does not adjust tightness during vehicle movement. The automatic locking mode is not available on the proper use the ...automatic locking mode • When a tight lap and shoulder belt fit is desired. • Any time a child safety seat is locked in this mode, the occupant is installed in the vehicle. The ...
...safety restraints Vehicle sensitive (emergency) locking mode The vehicle sensitive mode is the normal retractor mode, which locks the belts in response to lock by the shoulder belt and the belt does not adjust tightness during vehicle movement. The automatic locking mode is not available on the proper use the ...automatic locking mode • When a tight lap and shoulder belt fit is desired. • Any time a child safety seat is locked in this mode, the occupant is installed in the vehicle. The ...
Owner's Manual
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This indicates that the safety belt is extracted. 3. As the belt retracts, you will cancel the automatic locking mode and activate the vehicle sensitive (emergency locking) mode. 58 Seating and safety restraints Using the automatic locking ... The automatic locking mode must be used when installing an aftermarket child safety seat in the automatic locking mode. Buckle the combination lap and shoulder belt. 2. Allow the belt to completely retract. This will hear a clicking sound. Canceling the automatic locking mode Disconnect the combination lap and shoulder...
This indicates that the safety belt is extracted. 3. As the belt retracts, you will cancel the automatic locking mode and activate the vehicle sensitive (emergency locking) mode. 58 Seating and safety restraints Using the automatic locking ... The automatic locking mode must be used when installing an aftermarket child safety seat in the automatic locking mode. Buckle the combination lap and shoulder belt. 2. Allow the belt to completely retract. This will hear a clicking sound. Canceling the automatic locking mode Disconnect the combination lap and shoulder...
Owner's Manual
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... across the middle of your shoulder. • To lower the height of the shoulder belt: Slide up. Lap belt A lap belt is locked in the center of the rear seat. Adjusting the lap belt Because the lap belt does not have a retractor to make sure it is located in place. Slide down. • ...To raise the height of the shoulder belt: Push the button down on the height adjustment assembly to automatically adjust ...
... across the middle of your shoulder. • To lower the height of the shoulder belt: Slide up. Lap belt A lap belt is locked in the center of the rear seat. Adjusting the lap belt Because the lap belt does not have a retractor to make sure it is located in place. Slide down. • ...To raise the height of the shoulder belt: Push the button down on the height adjustment assembly to automatically adjust ...
Owner's Manual
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Do not wear the lap belt around the hips. Safety belt maintenance Check the safety belt systems periodically for damage and to ensure that they work properly. 60 Pull the loose end of the belt until snug. • To lengthen the belt: Tip and pull the tongue. The lap belt must fit snugly and as low as possible around your waist. Seating and safety restraints Buckle the belt.
Do not wear the lap belt around the hips. Safety belt maintenance Check the safety belt systems periodically for damage and to ensure that they work properly. 60 Pull the loose end of the belt until snug. • To lengthen the belt: Tip and pull the tongue. The lap belt must fit snugly and as low as possible around your waist. Seating and safety restraints Buckle the belt.
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In the event of a collision, the sew pattern may become visible. Failure to follow these instructions will affect the performance of the safety belts and increase the risk of the warning label may release, and the orange portion of personal injury. 61 If this occurs, the safety belt and buckle must be replaced. Seating and safety restraints The short plastic boot on the front safety belt at the passenger inboard buckle location covers an energy absorbing sew pattern on the safety belt.
In the event of a collision, the sew pattern may become visible. Failure to follow these instructions will affect the performance of the safety belts and increase the risk of the warning label may release, and the orange portion of personal injury. 61 If this occurs, the safety belt and buckle must be replaced. Seating and safety restraints The short plastic boot on the front safety belt at the passenger inboard buckle location covers an energy absorbing sew pattern on the safety belt.
Owner's Manual
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... Conditions of the vehicle, including the driver, should always wear their safety belts, even when an air bag SRS is equipped with an air bag supplemental restraint system (SRS) designed to work with the safety belts to help protect you and your right front seat passenger in the instrument ...cluster and a chime sounds to remind the occupants to fasten their safety belts. All occupants of operation If ...The driver's safety belt is not buckled before the ignition key is turned to ON...The driver's side safety belt is buckled while the indicator light is illuminated and the warning chime ...
... Conditions of the vehicle, including the driver, should always wear their safety belts, even when an air bag SRS is equipped with an air bag supplemental restraint system (SRS) designed to work with the safety belts to help protect you and your right front seat passenger in the instrument ...cluster and a chime sounds to remind the occupants to fasten their safety belts. All occupants of operation If ...The driver's safety belt is not buckled before the ignition key is turned to ON...The driver's side safety belt is buckled while the indicator light is illuminated and the warning chime ...
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...; available battery power • air bag warning light Following a successful system warning light self-check, the 64 You and your passenger must wear your safety belts in the air bags and the air bags deflate.
...; available battery power • air bag warning light Following a successful system warning light self-check, the 64 You and your passenger must wear your safety belts in the air bags and the air bags deflate.
Owner's Manual
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... be placed in front of the child's face or neck, the child should wear the lap and shoulder belt. A 66 CHILDREN AND SAFETY BELTS Children who have outgrown child safety seats, Ford recommends use of the vehicle may help to adult passengers in front seating positions. Follow ...all Federal motor vehicle safety standards. To improve the fit of lap and shoulder belts on the child. Belt-positioning booster seats raise the child and provide a shorter, firmer seating cushion that apply to provide a good shoulder...
... be placed in front of the child's face or neck, the child should wear the lap and shoulder belt. A 66 CHILDREN AND SAFETY BELTS Children who have outgrown child safety seats, Ford recommends use of the vehicle may help to adult passengers in front seating positions. Follow ...all Federal motor vehicle safety standards. To improve the fit of lap and shoulder belts on the child. Belt-positioning booster seats raise the child and provide a shorter, firmer seating cushion that apply to provide a good shoulder...
Owner's Manual
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... prevent accidental unbuckling. • place seatbacks in the upright position. 67 You may be used if the shoulder belt rests in front of the child's face or neck, or if the lap belt does not fit snugly on the seat cushion when the lower legs hang over the edge of the seat... short to let the child sit all of the manufacturer's instructions included with the safety seat you do not install and use the correct safety belt buckle for that seating position. • make sure the tongue is securely fastened in the buckle. • keep the buckle release button pointing up and...
... prevent accidental unbuckling. • place seatbacks in the upright position. 67 You may be used if the shoulder belt rests in front of the child's face or neck, or if the lap belt does not fit snugly on the seat cushion when the lower legs hang over the edge of the seat... short to let the child sit all of the manufacturer's instructions included with the safety seat you do not install and use the correct safety belt buckle for that seating position. • make sure the tongue is securely fastened in the buckle. • keep the buckle release button pointing up and...
Owner's Manual
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Position the child safety seat in combination lap and shoulder belt seating positions 1. Pull down on the shoulder belt and then grasp the shoulder belt and lap belt together. 68 Installing child safety seats in a seat with a combination lap and shoulder belt. If you choose to Using the automatic locking mode in this chapter. Seating and safety restraints • put the safety belt in the front passenger seat, move the seat as far back as possible. 2. Refer to install a child safety seat in the automatic locking mode.
Position the child safety seat in combination lap and shoulder belt seating positions 1. Pull down on the shoulder belt and then grasp the shoulder belt and lap belt together. 68 Installing child safety seats in a seat with a combination lap and shoulder belt. If you choose to Using the automatic locking mode in this chapter. Seating and safety restraints • put the safety belt in the front passenger seat, move the seat as far back as possible. 2. Refer to install a child safety seat in the automatic locking mode.
Owner's Manual
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.... To put the retractor in the automatic locking mode, grasp the shoulder portion of the belt is in the automatic locking mode. 69 Seating and safety restraints 3. While holding the shoulder and lap belt portions together, route the tongue through the child seat according to retract. Insert the... belt tongue into the proper buckle until all of the belt and pull downward until you hear and feel the latch engage. Be...
.... To put the retractor in the automatic locking mode, grasp the shoulder portion of the belt is in the automatic locking mode. 69 Seating and safety restraints 3. While holding the shoulder and lap belt portions together, route the tongue through the child seat according to retract. Insert the... belt tongue into the proper buckle until all of the belt and pull downward until you hear and feel the latch engage. Be...
Owner's Manual
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... seat is in the seat, forcibly tilt the seat from side to side and forward and back to pull more belt out). Allow the safety belt to retract to make sure the seat is not locked, unbuckle the belt and repeat steps two through the child safety seat according to lengthen the lap... nine. • Check to remove any slack in place. 10. Pull the lap belt portion across the child seat toward the buckle and pull up on the shoulder belt while pushing down on the child seat to tighten the belt as much as possible. 8. Place the child safety seat in the rear center...
... seat is in the seat, forcibly tilt the seat from side to side and forward and back to pull more belt out). Allow the safety belt to retract to make sure the seat is not locked, unbuckle the belt and repeat steps two through the child safety seat according to lengthen the lap... nine. • Check to remove any slack in place. 10. Pull the lap belt portion across the child seat toward the buckle and pull up on the shoulder belt while pushing down on the child seat to tighten the belt as much as possible. 8. Place the child safety seat in the rear center...
Owner's Manual
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... buckle. 5. Before placing the child in the child safety seat, forcibly tilt the seat from side to side and forward and back to tighten the belt. 6. Using a tether strap Contact the manufacturer of your safety seat for information about ordering a tether strap if one is part number 613D20. If the child... on the child safety seat while pulling on the rear package tray behind the back seat (sedan) or along the rear edge of the lap belt webbing to make sure the seat is securely held in a different seating position. Your vehicle has tether anchor attachment locations on the loose part of...
... buckle. 5. Before placing the child in the child safety seat, forcibly tilt the seat from side to side and forward and back to tighten the belt. 6. Using a tether strap Contact the manufacturer of your safety seat for information about ordering a tether strap if one is part number 613D20. If the child... on the child safety seat while pulling on the rear package tray behind the back seat (sedan) or along the rear edge of the lap belt webbing to make sure the seat is securely held in a different seating position. Your vehicle has tether anchor attachment locations on the loose part of...
Owner's Manual
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... seat in the front passenger seat. For instructions on how to install the seat, refer to Installing child safety seats in combination lap and shoulder belt seating positions in this chapter. • Sedan 73 If a tethered seat must be installed in the back seat: 1. Hook the tether strap clip ... positions in the instructions provided with the tether strap attached to the tongue of the rear center lap belt and ensure that the belt is pulled tight. To install a child safety seat using a tether strap in the front passenger seat: 1. Seating and safety restraints Ford recommends you attach...
... seat in the front passenger seat. For instructions on how to install the seat, refer to Installing child safety seats in combination lap and shoulder belt seating positions in this chapter. • Sedan 73 If a tethered seat must be installed in the back seat: 1. Hook the tether strap clip ... positions in the instructions provided with the tether strap attached to the tongue of the rear center lap belt and ensure that the belt is pulled tight. To install a child safety seat using a tether strap in the front passenger seat: 1. Seating and safety restraints Ford recommends you attach...
Owner's Manual
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... a collision. Refer to Children and infant or child safety seats in child seat. Read the labels located on the child seat cushion and the shoulder belt for information on the built-in child seat Children not meeting these precautions could increase the risk and / or severity of injury in an approved...
... a collision. Refer to Children and infant or child safety seats in child seat. Read the labels located on the child seat cushion and the shoulder belt for information on the built-in child seat Children not meeting these precautions could increase the risk and / or severity of injury in an approved...
Owner's Manual
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Seating and safety restraints Regularly inspect the lap and shoulder belt system of your child striking the vehicle's interior during a sudden stop or crash. Placing your child in the built-in child seat Failure to the ... if it is any damage to follow all of this child restraint system can result in child seat as a booster cushion with the adult safety belts. The rear seatback must be fully locked before operating the child restraint system. 75 A child using the adult...
Seating and safety restraints Regularly inspect the lap and shoulder belt system of your child striking the vehicle's interior during a sudden stop or crash. Placing your child in the built-in child seat Failure to the ... if it is any damage to follow all of this child restraint system can result in child seat as a booster cushion with the adult safety belts. The rear seatback must be fully locked before operating the child restraint system. 75 A child using the adult...