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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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RWARNING
Ford recommends that all safety belt
assemblies and attaching hardware should
be inspected by a qualified technician
after any collision. Safety belt assemblies
not in use during a collision should also
be inspected and replaced if either
damage or improper operation is noted.
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RWARNING
To reduce the risk of serious injury in a
collision, children should always ride with
the seatback upright.
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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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Lock the doors of your vehicle before driving to
lessen the risk of the door coming open in a
collision.
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Combination Lap and Shoulder
Belts
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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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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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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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Fastening the front seat combination lap and shoulder belt
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NOTE: Be sure to read and understand
Important Safety Belt Informationat
the beginning of this chapter.
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one third page art:0032083-AUnfastening the combination lap and shoulder belt Ð front
and rear seating positions
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While the belt retracts, guide the tongue to its
original position to prevent it from striking you
or the vehicle.
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Lap/Shoulder Belt Retractors
(Dual Locking Modes)
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Your vehicle is equipped with a dual locking
mode retractor on the shoulder belt portion of
the combination lap/shoulder safety belt for all
passengers.
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Dual locking mode retractors operate in two
ways:
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Vehicle sensitive (emergency) locking mode
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In this operating mode, the 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. The retractor can also
be made to lock by pulling on the belt.
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Automatic locking mode
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In this operating mode, the shoulder belt
retractor will be automatically locked and will
remain locked when the combination
lap/shoulder safety belt is buckled, and does not
allow the occupant freedom of movement. This
mode provides the following:
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A tight lap/shoulder belt on the occupant.
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Child safety seat installation.
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RWARNING
Rear-facing infant seats should never be
placed in the front seats.
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This modemust be usedwhen installing a child
seat. To switch the retractor from the emergency
locking mode to the automatic locking mode,
perform the following steps:
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1. Buckle the lap/shoulder combination belt.
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2. Pull on the belt until all of the stored belt is
out of the retractor and a click is heard.
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3. A clicking sound will continue to be heard
as the belt is allowed to retract. This
indicates that the retractor is in the
automatic locking mode.
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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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Installing Child Safety Seats
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Your vehicle is equipped with a dual locking
mode retractor on the shoulder belt portoin of
the front passenger seat and both rear seats. The
automatic locking modemust be usedwhen
installing a child seat or infant carrier in the
front passenger seat or rear seats.
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RWARNING
Never install a rear-facing child seat or
infant carrier in the right front passenger
seat.
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If you install a child safety seat or infant carrier
in any of the seating positions, you must follow
the proper procedures:
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1. Position the child seat or infant carrier on
the passenger seat of the vehicle.
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2. Pull down on the shoulder belt, then grasp
the shoulder belt and lap belt together.
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30 [SR16930(ALL)05/95]4. 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 seat restraint mode).
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Setting the retractor to automatic locking mode
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5. Allow the belt to retract. Pull up on the
shoulder webbing. A clicking sound will be
heard as the belt retracts. This indicates that
the retractor is in the automatic locking
mode. Push down on the child seat while
you pull up on the belt webbbing to remove
any slack in the belt.
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half page art:0032364-AChecking that the seat is secure
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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.
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Checking the retractor
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8. Check to make sure that the child seat or
infant carrier is properly secured prior to
each use. If the belt is not locked, repeat
steps 4 through 7.
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NOTE: To remove the retractor from automatic
lock mode, allow seat belt retract fully
to its stowed position and the retractor
will automatically switch back to the
vehicle sensitive locking mode for
normal adult usage.
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