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Introductory Information
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Fords Commitment to You
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Fords Commitment to You
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Introductory Information
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Ford's Commitment to You
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At Ford Motor Company, excellence is the
continuous commitment to achieve the best
result possible. It is dedication to learning what
you want, determination to develop the right
concept, and execution of that concept with care,
precision, and attention to detail. In short,
excellence means being the standard by which
others are judged.
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Our Guiding Principles
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Quality comes first.For your satisfaction, the
quality of our products and services must be
our number one priority.
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You are the focus of everything we do.Our
work must be done with you in mind,
providing better products and services than
our competition.
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Continuous improvement is essential to our
success.We must strive for excellence in
everything we do: in our products Ð in their
safety and value Ð and in our services, our
human relations, our competitiveness, and
our profitability.
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Employee involvement is our way of life.
We are a team. We must treat one another
with trust and respect.
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Dealers and suppliers are our partners.We
must maintain mutually beneficial
relationships with dealers, suppliers, and our
other business associates.
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RWARNING
Passengers should not be allowed to ride
in the cargo area. Persons not riding in a
seat with a fastened seat belt are much
more likely to suffer serious injury in a
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RWARNING
Passengers should not be allowed to ride
in the cargo area. Persons not riding in a
seat with a fastened seat belt are much
more likely to suffer serious injury in a
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RWARNING
Passengers should not be allowed to ride
in the cargo area. Persons not riding in a
seat with a fastened seat belt are much
more likely to suffer serious injury in a
collision. Cargo should always be secured
to prevent it from shifting and causing
damage to the vehicle or harm to
passengers.
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RWARNING
Never wear the shoulder belt under the
arm. Never swing it around the neck over
the inside shoulder. Never use a single
belt for more than one person or across
more than one seating position. Each
seating position in your vehicle has a
specific safety belt assembly which is
made up of one buckle and one tongue
that are designed to be used as a pair.
Failure to follow these precautions could
increase the risk and/or severity of injury
in a collision.
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Never drive or ride with a twisted or
jammed safety belt. If you cannot untwist
or unjam the safety belt, see the nearest
qualified technician immediately.
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22 [SR07250(ALL)06/95]The lap 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. The
retractor can be made to lock by jerking on the
belt.
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Front passenger safety belts with dual locking
mode retractors can also be locked to tightly
secure a child safety seat.
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Refer to the sectionFront Passenger Lap Belt
Retractor (U.S. vehicles equipped with motorized
passive restraint)orFront Passenger Lap/Shoulder
Belt Retractor (Canadian 2-door vehicles only)in this
chapter for complete information on vehicle
sensitive and automatic locking modes.
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Buckling the lap belt
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![FORD ESCORT 1996 7.G Owners Manual 28 [SR08590(E )08/95]Front passenger safety belts with dual locking
mode retractors can also be locked to tightly
secure a child safety seat.
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After you get into your vehicle, clos FORD ESCORT 1996 7.G Owners Manual 28 [SR08590(E )08/95]Front passenger safety belts with dual locking
mode retractors can also be locked to tightly
secure a child safety seat.
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28 [SR08590(E )08/95]Front passenger safety belts with dual locking
mode retractors can also be locked to tightly
secure a child safety seat.
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After you get into your vehicle, close the door
and lock it. Then adjust the driver or passenger
seat to the position that suits you best.
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To fasten the belt, find the long strap of the belt,
pull it across your shoulder and chest, and insert
the tongue into the proper buckle on your seat
until you hear a snap and feel it lock. Be sure to
use the correct buckle and check to make sure
the tongue is securely fastened to the buckle.
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Fastening the front seat lap and shoulder belt
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The lap belts should fit snugly and as low
as possible around the hips, not around
the waist.
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RWARNING
Front and rear seat occupants, including
pregnant women, should wear both lap
and shoulder belts for optimum protection
in a collision.
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32 [SR08910(E )08/95]If your vehicle is not equipped with a dual
locking mode retractor for the front seat
passenger, the lap belt will have the following
label:
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Seat belt label
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Instructions for using a locking clip to secure
child safety seats with manual lap and shoulder
safety belts are provided later in this chapter.
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feel it latch. Make sure the tongue is securely
fastened to the buckle. Adjust the lap belt
portion of the safety belt by pulling up on the
shoulder belt until the lap belt fits snugly and as
low as possible around your hips.
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The rear lap and shoulder belt fastened
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RWARNING
Front and rear seat occupants, including
pregnant women, should wear safety belts
for optimum protection in an accident.
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Unfastening the outboard rear lap/shoulder belt
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Unfastening the outboard rear lap/shoulder belt
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2. While the belt retracts, guide the tongue to
its original position to prevent it from
striking you or the vehicle.
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Instructions for securing child safety seats with
rear manual lap and shoulder safety belts with
cinch tongues are provided later in this chapter
also.
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How to Untwist or Unjam a Safety Belt
Retractor
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If you should jam the lap belt retractor by
allowing the belt to retract when it is twisted,
you can free the webbing with this procedure.
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1. Pull on the belt with both hands to tighten it
on the retractor spool.
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2. Feed the belt back into the retractor until it
is completely retracted. Repeat previous step
if necessary.
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3. Pull the belt out of its holder as far as it will
go and untwist the belt or remove the object
that is jamming the belt. Let the belt retract.
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4. Then, pull the belt out and let it retract
several times to make sure that the belt
works properly.
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The lap belts should fit snugly and as low
as possible around the hips, not around
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48 [SR12620(ALL)06/95]Rear Lap Belt
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RWARNING
The lap belts should fit snugly and as low
as possible around the hips, not around
the waist.
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RWARNING
Be sure the lap belt is fitted snugly and as
low as possible around the hips, not
around the waist. Failure to do so may
increase the risk of injury in the event of
a collision.
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Before you fasten your lap belt, you may need
to lengthen it.
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To lengthen the belt, position the belt tongue at
a right angle to the belt. Pull the belt tongue
over your lap until it reaches the buckle.
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To fasten the belt, pull the belt across your hips
and insert the tongue into the correct buckle on
your seat until you hear a snap and feel it lock.
Make sure the buckle is securely fastened.
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Adjust the belt so that it fits snugly around your
hips, as low as possible.
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If you need to lengthen the belt, unfasten it and
repeat the procedure above. If you need to
shorten the belt, pull on the loose end of the
webbing.
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To unfasten the belt, push the release button on
the end of the buckle. This allows the tongue to
unlatch from the buckle. Because the center lap
belt does not have a retractor, it should be
shortened and fastened when not in use.
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