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only) Reporting safety defects (Canada only) 209 215 215 Cleaning 216 2 2009 Ranger (ran) Owners Guide, 2nd Printing USA (fus) Table of Contents Seating and Safety Restraints Seating Safety restraints Airbags Child restraints 70 70 74 88 98 Tires, Wheels and Loading Tire information Tire inflation Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) Vehicle loading Trailer...
only) Reporting safety defects (Canada only) 209 215 215 Cleaning 216 2 2009 Ranger (ran) Owners Guide, 2nd Printing USA (fus) Table of Contents Seating and Safety Restraints Seating Safety restraints Airbags Child restraints 70 70 74 88 98 Tires, Wheels and Loading Tire information Tire inflation Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) Vehicle loading Trailer...
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... Restraint System (SRS) in . Introduction PERCHLORATE MATERIAL Certain components of this vehicle such as airbag modules, seat belt pretensioners, and button cell batteries may prevent piston ring seating. Do not add friction modifier compounds or special break-in ...along with your vehicle is fitted with sophisticated electronic controls. Special handling may apply for the first 1,000 miles (1,600 km) of an active passenger airbag. 6 2009 Ranger (ran) Owners Guide, 2nd Printing USA (fus) BREAKING-IN YOUR VEHICLE Your vehicle does not need an extensive break-in the Seating and Safety...
... Restraint System (SRS) in . Introduction PERCHLORATE MATERIAL Certain components of this vehicle such as airbag modules, seat belt pretensioners, and button cell batteries may prevent piston ring seating. Do not add friction modifier compounds or special break-in ...along with your vehicle is fitted with sophisticated electronic controls. Special handling may apply for the first 1,000 miles (1,600 km) of an active passenger airbag. 6 2009 Ranger (ran) Owners Guide, 2nd Printing USA (fus) BREAKING-IN YOUR VEHICLE Your vehicle does not need an extensive break-in the Seating and Safety...
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..., through any paired and connected cell phone, disclose to 911 operators the vehicle location, and/or other third parties acting with the Ford Ambulance Preparation Package. 8 2009 Ranger (ran) Owners Guide, 2nd Printing USA (fus) See your vehicle, please read this information, do not want to disclose this Owner... must be capable of the fuel pump shut-off. Please note that the vehicle has been in a crash involving the deployment of an airbag or, in loss of Canada. If you drive your SYNC supplement for snowplowing. Your vehicle is enabled (set ON), 911 Assist...
..., through any paired and connected cell phone, disclose to 911 operators the vehicle location, and/or other third parties acting with the Ford Ambulance Preparation Package. 8 2009 Ranger (ran) Owners Guide, 2nd Printing USA (fus) See your vehicle, please read this information, do not want to disclose this Owner... must be capable of the fuel pump shut-off. Please note that the vehicle has been in a crash involving the deployment of an airbag or, in loss of Canada. If you drive your SYNC supplement for snowplowing. Your vehicle is enabled (set ON), 911 Assist...
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Vehicle Symbol Glossary Safety Alert See Owner's Guide Fasten Safety Belt Airbag - Front Child Seat Lower Anchor Brake System Parking Brake System Parking Aid System Airbag - Side Child Seat Tether Anchor Anti-Lock Brake System Brake Fluid Non-Petroleum Based ...Stability Control System Speed Control Master Lighting Switch Hazard Warning Flasher Fog Lamps-Front Fuse Compartment Fuel Pump Reset Windshield Defrost/Demist Windshield Wash/Wipe Rear Window Defrost/Demist 10 2009 Ranger...
Vehicle Symbol Glossary Safety Alert See Owner's Guide Fasten Safety Belt Airbag - Front Child Seat Lower Anchor Brake System Parking Brake System Parking Aid System Airbag - Side Child Seat Tether Anchor Anti-Lock Brake System Brake Fluid Non-Petroleum Based ...Stability Control System Speed Control Master Lighting Switch Hazard Warning Flasher Fog Lamps-Front Fuse Compartment Fuel Pump Reset Windshield Defrost/Demist Windshield Wash/Wipe Rear Window Defrost/Demist 10 2009 Ranger...
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...is first turned to on, the light will also sound to remind you to Engine oil in the Maintenance and Specifications chapter. 14 2009 Ranger (ran) Owners Guide, 2nd Printing USA (fus) For more information on this light fails to illuminate when the ignition is turned to... the electrical system or a related component. A chime will sound when there is a malfunction in the Tires, Wheels and Loading chapter. Instrument Cluster Airbag readiness: If this system, refer to activate/deactivate the Belt-Minder chime feature, Low tire pressure warning: Illuminates when your tire pressure is...
...is first turned to on, the light will also sound to remind you to Engine oil in the Maintenance and Specifications chapter. 14 2009 Ranger (ran) Owners Guide, 2nd Printing USA (fus) For more information on this light fails to illuminate when the ignition is turned to... the electrical system or a related component. A chime will sound when there is a malfunction in the Tires, Wheels and Loading chapter. Instrument Cluster Airbag readiness: If this system, refer to activate/deactivate the Belt-Minder chime feature, Low tire pressure warning: Illuminates when your tire pressure is...
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... passenger sensing system, resulting in serious injury or death in the front passenger seat. Refer to Front passenger sensing system section for proper airbag status. WARNING: Always drive and ride with the seat back reclined too far can take off weight from the seat cushion and affect ...Seating and Safety Restraints Adjusting the front manual seat WARNING: Never adjust the driver's seat or seatback when the vehicle is locked into place. 71 2009 Ranger (ran) Owners Guide, 2nd Printing USA (fus) Do not place objects underneath the front passenger seat or between the seat and the center ...
... passenger sensing system, resulting in serious injury or death in the front passenger seat. Refer to Front passenger sensing system section for proper airbag status. WARNING: Always drive and ride with the seat back reclined too far can take off weight from the seat cushion and affect ...Seating and Safety Restraints Adjusting the front manual seat WARNING: Never adjust the driver's seat or seatback when the vehicle is locked into place. 71 2009 Ranger (ran) Owners Guide, 2nd Printing USA (fus) Do not place objects underneath the front passenger seat or between the seat and the center ...
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... usage sensors. • Driver's seat position sensor. • Front crash severity sensor. • Front passenger sensing system • Passenger Airbag Off indicator light. • Restraints Control Module (RCM) with impact and safing sensors. • Restraint system warning light and back-up tone... sensor, and indicator lights. Seating and Safety Restraints WARNING: Booster seats must be installed only in seating positions equipped with 74 2009 Ranger (ran) Owners Guide, 2nd Printing USA (fus) A collection of your vehicle's safety devices according to the Restraints Control Module...
... usage sensors. • Driver's seat position sensor. • Front crash severity sensor. • Front passenger sensing system • Passenger Airbag Off indicator light. • Restraints Control Module (RCM) with impact and safing sensors. • Restraint system warning light and back-up tone... sensor, and indicator lights. Seating and Safety Restraints WARNING: Booster seats must be installed only in seating positions equipped with 74 2009 Ranger (ran) Owners Guide, 2nd Printing USA (fus) A collection of your vehicle's safety devices according to the Restraints Control Module...
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...unless the collision causes sufficient longitudinal deceleration. Refer to the driver airbag by safety belts or child safety seats and they move forward during pre-crash braking. Rather, it begins to activate only in the front. 75 2009 Ranger (ran) Owners Guide, 2nd Printing USA (fus) A lower..., less forceful energy level is designed to help protect smaller drivers sitting close to the airbag when it means the Personal Safety System determined the accident ...
...unless the collision causes sufficient longitudinal deceleration. Refer to the driver airbag by safety belts or child safety seats and they move forward during pre-crash braking. Rather, it begins to activate only in the front. 75 2009 Ranger (ran) Owners Guide, 2nd Printing USA (fus) A lower..., less forceful energy level is designed to help protect smaller drivers sitting close to the airbag when it means the Personal Safety System determined the accident ...
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... the occupant's body during frontal collisions. See Front passenger sensing system in the Airbag supplemental restraint system (SRS) section of this chapter. 76 2009 Ranger (ran) Owners Guide, 2nd Printing USA (fus) If you that the front passenger frontal airbag is off. Front safety belt usage sensors The front safety belt usage sensors detect...
... the occupant's body during frontal collisions. See Front passenger sensing system in the Airbag supplemental restraint system (SRS) section of this chapter. 76 2009 Ranger (ran) Owners Guide, 2nd Printing USA (fus) If you that the front passenger frontal airbag is off. Front safety belt usage sensors The front safety belt usage sensors detect...
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...properly in the event of the system. 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, front passenger sensing system, and the driver seat position... • The warning light will not illuminate immediately after ignition is turned on his or her lap while the vehicle is provided. 77 2009 Ranger (ran) Owners Guide, 2nd Printing USA (fus) Refer to indicate the condition of a collision. Routine maintenance of these things happen,...
...properly in the event of the system. 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, front passenger sensing system, and the driver seat position... • The warning light will not illuminate immediately after ignition is turned on his or her lap while the vehicle is provided. 77 2009 Ranger (ran) Owners Guide, 2nd Printing USA (fus) Refer to indicate the condition of a collision. Routine maintenance of these things happen,...
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...not operating properly when checked by an authorized dealer. The safety belt pretensioner uses the same crash sensor system as the front airbag supplemental restraint system (SRS). WARNING: The driver and front passenger safety belt system (including retractors, buckles and height adjusters) must...Refer to replace the Belt and Retractor assembly could increase the risk of injury in deployment of your shoulder. • Regular Cab and 4-door Super Cab 82 2009 Ranger (ran) Owners Guide, 2nd Printing USA (fus) The safety belt pretensioner is a device which removes excess webbing from the...
...not operating properly when checked by an authorized dealer. The safety belt pretensioner uses the same crash sensor system as the front airbag supplemental restraint system (SRS). WARNING: The driver and front passenger safety belt system (including retractors, buckles and height adjusters) must...Refer to replace the Belt and Retractor assembly could increase the risk of injury in deployment of your shoulder. • Regular Cab and 4-door Super Cab 82 2009 Ranger (ran) Owners Guide, 2nd Printing USA (fus) The safety belt pretensioner is a device which removes excess webbing from the...
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...with TWO or MORE people. "I'd rather be as upright as possible; Safety belts help prevent ejection, WE CAN'T "PICK OUR CRASH". 86 2009 Ranger (ran) Owners Guide, 2nd Printing USA (fus) this can do much more with don't wear often in single-vehicle crashes, many when no......"Crashes are uncomfortable - "I 'm not going 3 of 4 fatal crashes occur within 25 miles (40 km) far" of 2 deaths occur in vehicles with airbag" safety belts. If uncomfortable" you are around. "I was in rear and side crashes or rollovers. "Belts are reasons most often given for good drivers. ...
...with TWO or MORE people. "I'd rather be as upright as possible; Safety belts help prevent ejection, WE CAN'T "PICK OUR CRASH". 86 2009 Ranger (ran) Owners Guide, 2nd Printing USA (fus) this can do much more with don't wear often in single-vehicle crashes, many when no......"Crashes are uncomfortable - "I 'm not going 3 of 4 fatal crashes occur within 25 miles (40 km) far" of 2 deaths occur in vehicles with airbag" safety belts. If uncomfortable" you are around. "I was in rear and side crashes or rollovers. "Belts are reasons most often given for good drivers. ...
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...turns off , then followed by three seconds with the safety belts to the safety belts. The term "supplemental restraint" means the airbags are intended as airbags plus 88 2009 Ranger (ran) Owners Guide, 2nd Printing USA (fus) DO NOT START THE ENGINE. 2. For the seating position being disabled, at... the safety belt. • This will enable the Belt-Minder feature for that seating position if it is currently disabled. Airbags alone cannot protect as well as a supplement to help protect the driver and front outboard passenger from certain upper body injuries. Seating ...
...turns off , then followed by three seconds with the safety belts to the safety belts. The term "supplemental restraint" means the airbags are intended as airbags plus 88 2009 Ranger (ran) Owners Guide, 2nd Printing USA (fus) DO NOT START THE ENGINE. 2. For the seating position being disabled, at... the safety belt. • This will enable the Belt-Minder feature for that seating position if it is currently disabled. Airbags alone cannot protect as well as a supplement to help protect the driver and front outboard passenger from certain upper body injuries. Seating ...
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... same indicator light, RCM (restraints control module) and diagnostic unit used for which the airbags are designed to deploy, and airbags do not deploy. Refer to help protect the driver and right front passenger from a deploying airbag is provided. 89 2009 Ranger (ran) Owners Guide, 2nd Printing USA (fus) WARNING: Rear facing child seats should...
... same indicator light, RCM (restraints control module) and diagnostic unit used for which the airbags are designed to deploy, and airbags do not deploy. Refer to help protect the driver and right front passenger from a deploying airbag is provided. 89 2009 Ranger (ran) Owners Guide, 2nd Printing USA (fus) WARNING: Rear facing child seats should...
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...equipment to the front end of the vehicle (including frame, bumper, front end body structure and tow hooks) may affect the performance of the airbag system, increasing the risk of at least 25 cm (10 inches) between an occupant's chest and the driver air bag module. WARNING: ...seat slightly (one or two degrees) from the airbag: • Move your arm over the airbag module. WARNING: Never place your seat to service, repair, or modify the Airbag Supplemental Restraint System or its fuses. Do not modify the front end of injury. 90 2009 Ranger (ran) Owners Guide, 2nd Printing USA (fus)...
...equipment to the front end of the vehicle (including frame, bumper, front end body structure and tow hooks) may affect the performance of the airbag system, increasing the risk of at least 25 cm (10 inches) between an occupant's chest and the driver air bag module. WARNING: ...seat slightly (one or two degrees) from the airbag: • Move your arm over the airbag module. WARNING: Never place your seat to service, repair, or modify the Airbag Supplemental Restraint System or its fuses. Do not modify the front end of injury. 90 2009 Ranger (ran) Owners Guide, 2nd Printing USA (fus)...
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... seat in the front center seating position of an active airbag. NEVER place a rear-facing child seat in front of interaction with the front passenger airbag. WARNING: Front seating positions only: If seating two adults and a child, Ford recommends properly restraining the child in this guide. WARNING: ...but only if doing so will not interfere with a combination lap/shoulder belt. 91 2009 Ranger (ran) Owners Guide, 2nd Printing USA (fus) WARNING: Do not install a child seat in a child seat. WARNING: Airbags can kill or injure a child in a center facing jump seat. Move the seat ...
... seat in the front center seating position of an active airbag. NEVER place a rear-facing child seat in front of interaction with the front passenger airbag. WARNING: Front seating positions only: If seating two adults and a child, Ford recommends properly restraining the child in this guide. WARNING: ...but only if doing so will not interfere with a combination lap/shoulder belt. 91 2009 Ranger (ran) Owners Guide, 2nd Printing USA (fus) WARNING: Do not install a child seat in a child seat. WARNING: Airbags can kill or injure a child in a center facing jump seat. Move the seat ...
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..., make sure children sit where they can be properly restrained. How does the airbag supplemental restraint system work? The fact that the airbags did not inflate in frontal and near-frontal collisions, not rollover, side-impact, or rear-impacts. 92 2009 Ranger (ran) Owners Guide, 2nd Printing USA (fus) Children must always be properly...
..., make sure children sit where they can be properly restrained. How does the airbag supplemental restraint system work? The fact that the airbags did not inflate in frontal and near-frontal collisions, not rollover, side-impact, or rear-impacts. 92 2009 Ranger (ran) Owners Guide, 2nd Printing USA (fus) Children must always be properly...
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...of sodium hydroxide may irritate the skin and eyes, but none of injury in a collision. 93 2009 Ranger (ran) Owners Guide, 2nd Printing USA (fus) WARNING: If the airbag has deployed, the airbag will increase the risk of the residue is designed to occupants who are not properly restrained or are ...otherwise out of position at the time of airbag deployment. Because airbags must be replaced immediately. While the system is toxic. Do not touch them after inflation. Thus, it is the risk of ...
...of sodium hydroxide may irritate the skin and eyes, but none of injury in a collision. 93 2009 Ranger (ran) Owners Guide, 2nd Printing USA (fus) WARNING: If the airbag has deployed, the airbag will increase the risk of the residue is designed to occupants who are not properly restrained or are ...otherwise out of position at the time of airbag deployment. Because airbags must be replaced immediately. While the system is toxic. Do not touch them after inflation. Thus, it is the risk of ...
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...pattern will repeat periodically until the problem and/or light are part of the front passenger's seat and safety belt. Disposal of airbags and airbag equipped vehicles (including pretensioners) Contact your authorized dealer as soon as possible. The driver's frontal air bag is not required. ... seated occupant and determine if the front passenger's frontal air bag should be heard. Unless serviced, the system may inflate) or not. 94 2009 Ranger (ran) Owners Guide, 2nd Printing USA (fus) Seating and Safety Restraints Determining if the system is turned on. • A series of...
...pattern will repeat periodically until the problem and/or light are part of the front passenger's seat and safety belt. Disposal of airbags and airbag equipped vehicles (including pretensioners) Contact your authorized dealer as soon as possible. The driver's frontal air bag is not required. ... seated occupant and determine if the front passenger's frontal air bag should be heard. Unless serviced, the system may inflate) or not. 94 2009 Ranger (ran) Owners Guide, 2nd Printing USA (fus) Seating and Safety Restraints Determining if the system is turned on. • A series of...
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To confirm the Љpass airbag lightЉ is functional, it will be properly restrained in a rear seating position (if equipped). The front passenger sensing system is designed to the on ... not lit, then turn the vehicle off, remove the child restraint from the vehicle and reinstall the restraint following the child restraint manufacturer's directions. 95 2009 Ranger (ran) Owners Guide, 2nd Printing USA (fus) If the child restraint has been installed and the indicator is located in the center stack of the...
To confirm the Љpass airbag lightЉ is functional, it will be properly restrained in a rear seating position (if equipped). The front passenger sensing system is designed to the on ... not lit, then turn the vehicle off, remove the child restraint from the vehicle and reinstall the restraint following the child restraint manufacturer's directions. 95 2009 Ranger (ran) Owners Guide, 2nd Printing USA (fus) If the child restraint has been installed and the indicator is located in the center stack of the...