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Safety Restraints
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[SR03000(ALL)05/95]
RWARNING
Never let a passenger hold a child on his or her lap
while the vehicle is moving. The passenger cannot
protect the child from injury in a collision.
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[SR03200(ALL)05/95]
Lock the doors of your vehicle before driving to lessen the risk
of the door coming open in a collision.
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[SR03600(ALL)05/95]
Combination Lap and Shoulder Belts
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[SR03900(ALL)05/95]
While your vehicle is in motion, the combination lap and
shoulder belt adjusts to your movement. However, if you brake
hard, turn hard, or if your vehicle receives an impact of 5 mph
(8 km/h) or more, the lap and shoulder belt locks and helps
reduce your forward movement.
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[SR04000(ALL)05/95]
After you get into your vehicle, close the door and lock it. Then
adjust the seat to the position that suits you best.
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[SR04100(ALL)05/95]
Pull the combination lap/shoulder belt from the retractor so
that the shoulder portion of the belt crosses your shoulder and
chest. Be sure the belt is not twisted. If it is, remove the twist.
Insert the belt tongue into the proper buckle until you hear a
snap and feel it latch. Make sure the tongue is securely fastened
to the buckle by pulling on tongue.
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Dual Locking Mode Lap/Shoulder Belt Retractor
[SR05650(ALL)12/94]
The front passenger seat and the rear outer seat combination lap
and shoulder belts are equipped with a dual locking mode
retractor on theshoulderbelt portion of the lap/shoulder belt.
This retractor can be switched from vehicle sensitive
(emergency) locking mode to automatic locking mode by pulling
the belt webbing all of the way out of the retractor. The
retractor modes function as follows.
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[SR05675(ALL)02/95]
Vehicle sensitive (emergency) locking mode
[SR05700(ALL)05/94]
In this operating mode, the lap/shoulder belt retractor will
allow the occupant freedom of movement, locking tight only on
hard braking, hard cornering or impacts of approximately
5 mph (8 km/h) or more.
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[SR05725(ALL)01/95]
Automatic locking mode
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[SR05800(ALL)03/95]
This mode must be used when installing a child seat on the
front passenger seat and rear seats where dual locking retractors
are provided. To switch the retractor from the emergency
locking mode to the automatic locking mode, perform the
following steps:
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[SR05850(ALL)03/95]
RWARNING
Rear facing infant seats should never be placed in the
front seat.
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[SR05900(ALL)03/95]1.
Buckle the lap/shoulder combination belt.
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[SR05950(ALL)01/95]2.
Grasp the shoulder portion of the belt and pull downward
until all of the belt is extracted and a click is heard. At this
time, the retractor is in the automatic locking mode (child
restraint mode).
[SR06000(ALL)03/95]3.
Allow the belt to retract. A clicking sound will be heard as
the belt retracts. This indicates that the retractor is in the
automatic locking mode.
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[SR06025(ALL)03/95]4.
Pull up on the shoulder belt to remove slack in the lap belt.
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[SR06050(ALL)05/95]
NOTE: When the combination lap/shoulder belt is unbuckled
and allowed to retract completely, the retractor will
switch to the vehicle sensitive (emergency) locking
mode. See the detailed instructions underSafety Seats
for Childrenin this chapter.
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[SR06051(ALL)05/95]
Shoulder Belt Height Adjustment
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[SR06052(ALL)05/95]
Driver and right front passenger
[SR06053(ALL)03/95]
You can adjust the shoulder belt height to one of four (4)
positions.
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[SR06054(ALL)03/95]
To adjust the belt down, push the release button (see figures 1
and 2). To adjust the belt up, slide the adjuster up. (You do not
have to push the release button.)
[SR06056(ALL)05/95]
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Figure 1 Ð The shoulder belt height adjuster
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[SR22750(ALL)11/94]
Installing Child Safety Seats in the Front Passenger
Seat and Outer Rear Seating Positions
[SR22800(ALL)04/95]
Your vehicle is equipped with a dual locking mode retractor on
the shoulder belt portion of the combination lap/shoulder safety
belt for the right front seat passenger and rear outer passengers.
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[SR22850(ALL)03/95]
If you choose to install a child safety seat in the front seating
position, move vehicle seat as far back as possible.
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[SR22900(ALL)03/95]1.
Position the child seat in center of passenger seat.
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[SR22950(ALL)03/95]2.
Pull down on shoulder belt, then grasp shoulder belt and lap
belt together. Figure 1.
[SR23000(ALL)02/94]
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[SR23200(ALL)01/95]4.
Grasp the shoulder portion of the belt and pull downward
until all of the belt is extracted from the reel and a click is
heard. At this time the retractor is in the automatic locking
mode (child restraint mode). Figure 4.
[SR23250(ALL)04/94]
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[SR23300(ALL)03/95]5.
Allow the belt to retract. Pull up on the shoulder webbing. A
clicking sound will be heard as the belt retracts. This
indicates the retractor is in the automatic locking mode. Push
down on the child seat while you pull up on the belt to
remove any slack in the belt. Figures 5 and 6.
[SR23350(ALL)05/94]
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[SR23550(ALL)11/94]7.
Double check that the retractor is in the automatic locking
mode. Try to pull more belt out of the retractor. If you
cannot, the belt is in the automatic locking mode, Figure 8.
[SR23600(ALL)05/94]
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Check to make sure that the child seat is properly secured
prior to each use. If the belt is not locked, repeat steps 4
through 7.
[SR23700(ALL)02/94]
To remove retractor from automatic lock mode, unbuckle the
belt and allow the webbing to retract fully. A click will be
heard as the belt retracts. The belt is back in normal operating
mode (vehicle sensitive emergency locking mode) when this
click disappears.
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Starting Your Contour
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[ST07325(ALL)04/94]
The steering wheel locks when the key is removed.
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[ST07400(ALL)05/95]
If the driver's door is open while the key is still in the ignition,
a warning chime sounds.
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[ST07500(ALL)05/95]
RWARNING
Always set the parking brake fully and make sure that
the gearshift is securely latched in P (Park) (automatic
transaxle) or in 1 (First) (manual transaxle).
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[ST07575(ALL)01/93]
RWARNING
Do not leave children, unreliable adults, or pets alone in
your vehicle. They could accidentally injure themselves
or others through inadvertent operation of the vehicle.
Further, on hot, sunny days, temperatures in a closed
vehicle could quickly become high enough to cause
severe and possibly fatal injuries to people as well as
animals.
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[ST07700(ALL)03/95]
Fuel-Injected Engines
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[ST07850(ALL)03/95]
When starting a fuel-injected engine,the most important thing
to remember is to avoid pressing down on the accelerator
before or during starting. Only use the accelerator when you
have problems getting your vehicle started. SeeStarting Your
Enginein this chapter for details about when to use the
accelerator while you start your vehicle.
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