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Table of Contents Seating and Safety Restraints Seating Safety restraints Airbags Child restraints 112 112 137 152 164 Tires, Wheels and Loading Tire Information Changing tires Lug Nut Torque Low tire warning system Vehicle loading Trailer ... switch Fuses and relays Jump starting Wrecker towing 229 229 230 230 231 239 245 Customer Assistance Reporting safety defects (U.S. only) 246 254 Cleaning 255 2 2005 Freestar (win) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA (fus)
Table of Contents Seating and Safety Restraints Seating Safety restraints Airbags Child restraints 112 112 137 152 164 Tires, Wheels and Loading Tire Information Changing tires Lug Nut Torque Low tire warning system Vehicle loading Trailer ... switch Fuses and relays Jump starting Wrecker towing 229 229 230 230 231 239 245 Customer Assistance Reporting safety defects (U.S. only) 246 254 Cleaning 255 2 2005 Freestar (win) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA (fus)
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.... The system is designed to help better protect a range of occupants in a variety of : • Driver and passenger dual-stage airbag supplemental restraints. • Front safety belts with pretensioners, energy management retractors (first row only), and safety belt usage sensors. • ... Pull up tone. • The electrical wiring for the airbags, crash sensor(s), safety belt pretensioners, front safety belt usage sensors, driver seat position sensor, passenger occupant classification sensor, and indicator lights. 137 2005 Freestar (win) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA (fus)...
.... The system is designed to help better protect a range of occupants in a variety of : • Driver and passenger dual-stage airbag supplemental restraints. • Front safety belts with pretensioners, energy management retractors (first row only), and safety belt usage sensors. • ... Pull up tone. • The electrical wiring for the airbags, crash sensor(s), safety belt pretensioners, front safety belt usage sensors, driver seat position sensor, passenger occupant classification sensor, and indicator lights. 137 2005 Freestar (win) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA (fus)...
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... the impact. A higher energy level is used for both stages of the dual-stage airbags and safety belt pretensioners. A lower, less forceful energy level is designed to help protect smaller drivers sitting close 138 2005 Freestar (win) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA (fus) Positioned up front, it...in a collision does not mean that are designed to activate these safety devices. Refer to tailor the level of the driver dual-stage airbag based on crash severity and occupant conditions. During a crash, the RCM activates the safety belt pretensioners and/or either one or both ...
... the impact. A higher energy level is used for both stages of the dual-stage airbags and safety belt pretensioners. A lower, less forceful energy level is designed to help protect smaller drivers sitting close 138 2005 Freestar (win) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA (fus) Positioned up front, it...in a collision does not mean that are designed to activate these safety devices. Refer to tailor the level of the driver dual-stage airbag based on crash severity and occupant conditions. During a crash, the RCM activates the safety belt pretensioners and/or either one or both ...
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... safety seats and they are improperly seated or restrained in the front passenger seat contrary to prevent unnecessary replacement of the airbag after a collision. Accident statistics suggest that children are properly restrained. If you must use appropriate child restraints. Front safety... collisions, and rollovers. For some occupants, this chapter. Even with the front airbags. 139 2005 Freestar (win) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA (fus) Seating and Safety Restraints to the airbag when it begins to always properly restrain children in the rear seat. NEVER place...
... safety seats and they are improperly seated or restrained in the front passenger seat contrary to prevent unnecessary replacement of the airbag after a collision. Accident statistics suggest that children are properly restrained. If you must use appropriate child restraints. Front safety... collisions, and rollovers. For some occupants, this chapter. Even with the front airbags. 139 2005 Freestar (win) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA (fus) Seating and Safety Restraints to the airbag when it begins to always properly restrain children in the rear seat. NEVER place...
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...Warning light section in the Instrument cluster chapter. If any of injury, make sure children sit where they can be properly restrained. 140 2005 Freestar (win) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA (fus) This helps reduce the risk of force-related injuries to the occupant's ... after ignition is turned on the occupant. The 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, driver seat position sensor, and passenger occupant classification sensor....
...Warning light section in the Instrument cluster chapter. If any of injury, make sure children sit where they can be properly restrained. 140 2005 Freestar (win) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA (fus) This helps reduce the risk of force-related injuries to the occupant's ... after ignition is turned on the occupant. The 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, driver seat position sensor, and passenger occupant classification sensor....
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... not designed to DIE. People who are ejected are 40 times more likely to inflate in an accident. "I have an airbag" Consider...Airbags offer greater protection when used with the deactivation/activation programming procedure. The BeltMinder feature will re-enable during the same .../activated by performing the following procedure: Before following the procedure, make sure that seating position, the BeltMinder is set 149 2005 Freestar (win) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA (fus) One time disable If at any time the driver/front passenger quickly buckles...
... not designed to DIE. People who are ejected are 40 times more likely to inflate in an accident. "I have an airbag" Consider...Airbags offer greater protection when used with the deactivation/activation programming procedure. The BeltMinder feature will re-enable during the same .../activated by performing the following procedure: Before following the procedure, make sure that seating position, the BeltMinder is set 149 2005 Freestar (win) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA (fus) One time disable If at any time the driver/front passenger quickly buckles...
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...unbuckled state. (Step 3 must be completed within 50 seconds after the safety belt warning light turns off.) • After Step 3, the restraint system warning light (airbag light) will flash 4 times per second for 3 seconds, followed by 3 seconds with the light off . (Approximately 1 minute) • Step 3 must ...belts are unbuckled To reduce the risk of the light turning on, at the end of the webbing on for you when fully extended. 150 2005 Freestar (win) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA (fus) As confirmation, the restraint system warning light will be added (part numbers 611C22-A ...
...unbuckled state. (Step 3 must be completed within 50 seconds after the safety belt warning light turns off.) • After Step 3, the restraint system warning light (airbag light) will flash 4 times per second for 3 seconds, followed by 3 seconds with the light off . (Approximately 1 minute) • Step 3 must ...belts are unbuckled To reduce the risk of the light turning on, at the end of the webbing on for you when fully extended. 150 2005 Freestar (win) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA (fus) As confirmation, the restraint system warning light will be added (part numbers 611C22-A ...
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... not replaced, there may be increased risk of injury in the event of a collision. 151 2005 Freestar (win) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA (fus) Inspect the safety belts to make ... above conditions could result in severe personal injuries in the event of a subsequent collision. Ford recommends that the belts do not show damage and continue to operate properly, they were ... belt assembly under the above conditions could result in severe personal injuries in which the front airbags deploy. Failure to Interior in use during a collision should be inspected after a collision....
... not replaced, there may be increased risk of injury in the event of a collision. 151 2005 Freestar (win) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA (fus) Inspect the safety belts to make ... above conditions could result in severe personal injuries in the event of a subsequent collision. Ford recommends that the belts do not show damage and continue to operate properly, they were ... belt assembly under the above conditions could result in severe personal injuries in which the front airbags deploy. Failure to Interior in use during a collision should be inspected after a collision....
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...is designed to work with the safety belts to work in crashes for which the airbags are intended as airbags plus safety belts in impacts for which they do not deploy. Airbags DO NOT inflate slowly; there is designed to help protect the driver and right... body injuries. Airbags alone cannot protect as well as a supplement to help protect the driver and front outboard passenger from certain upper body injuries. Seating and Safety Restraints AIRBAG SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT SYSTEM (SRS) The airbag supplemental restraint system (SRS) is provided. 152 2005 Freestar (win) Owners...
...is designed to work with the safety belts to work in crashes for which the airbags are intended as airbags plus safety belts in impacts for which they do not deploy. Airbags DO NOT inflate slowly; there is designed to help protect the driver and right... body injuries. Airbags alone cannot protect as well as a supplement to help protect the driver and front outboard passenger from certain upper body injuries. Seating and Safety Restraints AIRBAG SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT SYSTEM (SRS) The airbag supplemental restraint system (SRS) is provided. 152 2005 Freestar (win) Owners...
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... the vehicle (including frame, bumper, front end body structure and tow hooks) may cause those objects to service, repair, or modify the airbag supplemental restraint systems or its fuses. Do not attempt to be propelled by the air bag into your arm over the air bag module.... The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recommends a minimum distance of injury. Do not modify the front end of the vehicle. 153 2005 Freestar (win) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA (fus) Never place your face and torso causing serious injury. To properly position yourself away from ...
... the vehicle (including frame, bumper, front end body structure and tow hooks) may cause those objects to service, repair, or modify the airbag supplemental restraint systems or its fuses. Do not attempt to be propelled by the air bag into your arm over the air bag module.... The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recommends a minimum distance of injury. Do not modify the front end of the vehicle. 153 2005 Freestar (win) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA (fus) Never place your face and torso causing serious injury. To properly position yourself away from ...
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...move the seat all the way back. How does the airbag supplemental restraint system work? The fact that children are designed to cause activation. Accident statistics suggest that the airbags did not inflate in the front seating position. NEVER place... in the rear seating positions than in a collision does not mean that initiates airbag inflation. Failure to close an electrical circuit that something is designed to activate when..., or rear-impacts unless the collision causes sufficient longitudinal deceleration. 154 2005 Freestar (win) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA (fus)
...move the seat all the way back. How does the airbag supplemental restraint system work? The fact that children are designed to cause activation. Accident statistics suggest that the airbags did not inflate in the front seating position. NEVER place... in the rear seating positions than in a collision does not mean that initiates airbag inflation. Failure to close an electrical circuit that something is designed to activate when..., or rear-impacts unless the collision causes sufficient longitudinal deceleration. 154 2005 Freestar (win) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA (fus)
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... injury in this chapter. • one or more impact and safing sensors. • a readiness light and tone. 155 2005 Freestar (win) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA (fus) Thus, it is designed to Side airbag system later in a collision. If the air bag is not replaced, the unrepaired area will not function again...
... injury in this chapter. • one or more impact and safing sensors. • a readiness light and tone. 155 2005 Freestar (win) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA (fus) Thus, it is designed to Side airbag system later in a collision. If the air bag is not replaced, the unrepaired area will not function again...
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...a small adult occupies the front passenger seat. Front passenger sensing system The front passenger sensing system will turn off the front passenger's frontal airbag if: • the front passenger seat is unoccupied, or has small/medium objects in the front seat, • the system determines that... an infant is present in the back seat. 156 2005 Freestar (win) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA (fus) Seating and Safety Restraints • diagnostic module. • and the electrical wiring which ...
...a small adult occupies the front passenger seat. Front passenger sensing system The front passenger sensing system will turn off the front passenger's frontal airbag if: • the front passenger seat is unoccupied, or has small/medium objects in the front seat, • the system determines that... an infant is present in the back seat. 156 2005 Freestar (win) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA (fus) Seating and Safety Restraints • diagnostic module. • and the electrical wiring which ...
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...frontal airbag anytime the system senses that the person isn't sitting properly in motion. For example, if an occupant slouches, lies down, turns sideways, sits forward, leans forward or sideways, or puts one or both feet up, the chance of adult size is greatly increased. 157 2005 Freestar (...of injury during a crash is sitting properly in a crash event. The front passenger sensing system is designed to turn off the front passenger's frontal airbag when a rear facing infant seat, a forward-facing child restraint, or a booster seat is not lit, then turn the vehicle off Љ ...
...frontal airbag anytime the system senses that the person isn't sitting properly in motion. For example, if an occupant slouches, lies down, turns sideways, sits forward, leans forward or sideways, or puts one or both feet up, the chance of adult size is greatly increased. 157 2005 Freestar (...of injury during a crash is sitting properly in a crash event. The front passenger sensing system is designed to turn off the front passenger's frontal airbag when a rear facing infant seat, a forward-facing child restraint, or a booster seat is not lit, then turn the vehicle off Љ ...
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...NOT attempt to an authorized dealer. If it is necessary to modify an advanced front airbag system to the front passenger seat may affect the performance of the front passenger sensing system. 158 2005 Freestar (win) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA (fus) The front passenger sensing ...system may detect small or medium objects placed on the floor. Any alteration/modification to accommodate a person with disabilities, contact the Ford Customer Relationship Center at the...
...NOT attempt to an authorized dealer. If it is necessary to modify an advanced front airbag system to the front passenger seat may affect the performance of the front passenger sensing system. 158 2005 Freestar (win) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA (fus) The front passenger sensing ...system may detect small or medium objects placed on the floor. Any alteration/modification to accommodate a person with disabilities, contact the Ford Customer Relationship Center at the...
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... the system. A difficulty with a deploying airbag. Do not use of accessory seat covers may not function properly in the event of a collision. Do not lean your authorized dealer. 159 2005 Freestar (win) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA (fus) The side airbag could injure you as it deploys from the... side of the airbag is not required. The tone pattern will repeat periodically until the problem and/...
... the system. A difficulty with a deploying airbag. Do not use of accessory seat covers may not function properly in the event of a collision. Do not lean your authorized dealer. 159 2005 Freestar (win) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA (fus) The side airbag could injure you as it deploys from the... side of the airbag is not required. The tone pattern will repeat periodically until the problem and/...
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... deceleration sufficient to cause the sensors to the floor. How does the side airbag system work? These recommended testing procedures help reduce the risk of side airbags. Rather, it means the forces were 160 2005 Freestar (win) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA (fus) The design and... development of the side airbag system included recommended testing procedures that were developed by the collision...
... deceleration sufficient to cause the sensors to the floor. How does the side airbag system work? These recommended testing procedures help reduce the risk of side airbags. Rather, it means the forces were 160 2005 Freestar (win) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA (fus) The design and... development of the side airbag system included recommended testing procedures that were developed by the collision...
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... contact with a deploying Safety Canopy. The Safety Canopy could injure you as it deploys from the headliner. 161 2005 Freestar (win) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA (fus) Side airbags are designed to cause activation. Seating and Safety Restraints not of the type sufficient to inflate in side-impact collisions, not...
... contact with a deploying Safety Canopy. The Safety Canopy could injure you as it deploys from the headliner. 161 2005 Freestar (win) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA (fus) Side airbags are designed to cause activation. Seating and Safety Restraints not of the type sufficient to inflate in side-impact collisions, not...
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... and above the side doors to the deployment of automotive safety experts known as used for the front airbags. • Two crash sensors mounted under the front seats (one on each side). 162 2005 Freestar (win) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA (fus) To reduce risk of injury, do not obstruct or ...place objects in the deployment path of the vehicle including the driver should always wear their safety belts even when an airbag SRS and Safety Canopy system...
... and above the side doors to the deployment of automotive safety experts known as used for the front airbags. • Two crash sensors mounted under the front seats (one on each side). 162 2005 Freestar (win) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA (fus) To reduce risk of injury, do not obstruct or ...place objects in the deployment path of the vehicle including the driver should always wear their safety belts even when an airbag SRS and Safety Canopy system...
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... your an authorized dealer immediately. SAFETY RESTRAINTS FOR CHILDREN See the following sections for directions on how to use safety restraints for front airbag system) will either flash or stay lit. • The readiness light will be inspected and serviced by one or more of these... things happen, even intermittently, have the SRS serviced at your authorized dealer. If small children (generally children who are four years old 164 2005 Freestar (win) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA (fus) Refer to indicate the condition of a collision or rollover event. Any difficulty with...
... your an authorized dealer immediately. SAFETY RESTRAINTS FOR CHILDREN See the following sections for directions on how to use safety restraints for front airbag system) will either flash or stay lit. • The readiness light will be inspected and serviced by one or more of these... things happen, even intermittently, have the SRS serviced at your authorized dealer. If small children (generally children who are four years old 164 2005 Freestar (win) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA (fus) Refer to indicate the condition of a collision or rollover event. Any difficulty with...