2004 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR Owners Manual

1. Locate the handle on the side of
the seat, lifting it to release the
seatback.
2. Ensure that the seat back is
locked in the down position by
applying pressure to the seat back.
3. Locate the latch strap at the front
of the seat and pull to release the
seat into a kneel down load floor
position. A moderate force may be
required to move the seat forward
and down.
Once the second row seats are in
the down position, the front seats
may be readjusted.
Returning to the upright position from full lowered load floor
position
The seatback cannot be returned to the upright position until the seat is
returned from the kneel down position. To return the seat to the upright
position:
From the full lowered position:
1. Lift and pull the seat rearward
until the latch is engaged.
Do not attempt to un-latch the
rear floor hooks while the seat
is in the kneel down position.
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The rear latch hooks must
be properly engaged with
the floor striker. Position the rear
legs of the seat over the floor
strikers and engage.
2. With the seat in the flat back
position, lift up on the lever located
on the side of the seat cushion. This
will allow the seat back to be lifted
to the upright locked position.
Folding the 20% seat system (if equipped)
1. Locate the release strap located
between the front cushion and the
seat back, and pull the strap to
release the folding seat latch.
To prevent possible damage to the seat or safety belts, ensure
that the safety belts are not buckled when moving the seat to the
load floor position.
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2. With the latch released the
seatback can be lowered into the
load floor position.
3. To return the seat to the upright
position, lift the seatback until the
latch is fully engaged.
Adjusting the second row 20% seat (if equipped)
Lift the handle to move the seat
forward or backward.
Note: This seat can be moved forward to keep a child in a child
restraint close to the front seat occupants. The seat should be
moved to the full rearward position when it is occupied by older
children or adults.
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Reclining the second row 40% seatback
Locate the release handle located on
the outboard side of the seat
cushion and lift gently to allow the
seatback to be adjusted to the
desired location.
Reclining the seatback can cause an occupant to slide under the
seat ’ s safety belt, resulting in severe personal injuries in the
event of a collision.
Third row seats
Ensure that no objects such as books, purses or briefcases are on the
floor in front of the third row seats or on the seat cushion before
lowering them. Ensure that the head restraints are lowered.
Third row adjustable head restraints
Your vehicle ’ s third row outboard seating positions are equipped with
head restraints which are vertically adjustable. The purpose of these
head restraints is to help limit head motion in the event of a rear
collision. To properly adjust your head restraints, lift the head restraint
so that it is located directly behind your head or as close to that position
as possible.
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The head restraints can be moved
up and down.
Push control to lower head restraint.
Folding down the third row seat to the load floor
To prevent possible damage to the seat or safety belts, ensure
that the safety belts are not buckled when moving the seat to the
load floor position.
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Pull up on the handle located
behind the seatback while pushing
the seatback forward and down into
the seat cushion.
To return the seatback to its original
position lift the seatback until it
latches into place.
Third row power folding seat (if equipped)
The control buttons are located on the right-hand rear quarter trim panel
(accessible from the liftgate area).
Push the bottom portion of the
control button to lower the desired
seatback.
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Push the top of the control button
to return the seatback to its original
position.
The power folding seats are designed to stall within 1 – 10 seconds
of encountering an obstruction when opening or closing. Should
this occur, remove the obstruction and wait approximately 1 – 4
minutes for the seat motor to reset.
The power fold down seats will operate for 30 minutes after the
ignition switch is in Off. The transmission must be in P (park),
and the liftgate, or liftgate glass must be open. Similar to the
Battery Saver feature, the power 3rd row seat will be disabled 30
minutes after turning the vehicle off. If the power 3rd row seat is
disabled after 30 minutes, the seat can be enabled by opening any
door, pressing the unlock key on the key fob, pressing any keyless
keypad button, or turning the ignition key.
SAFETY RESTRAINTS
Personal Safety System
The Personal Safety System provides an improved overall level of frontal
crash protection to front seat occupants and is designed to help further
reduce the risk of air bag-related injuries. The system is able to analyze
different occupant conditions and crash severity before activating the
appropriate safety devices to help better protect a range of occupants in
a variety of frontal crash situations.
Your vehicle ’ s Personal Safety System consists of:
• Driver and passenger dual-stage air bag supplemental restraints.
• Front safety belts with pretensioners, energy management retractors,
and safety belt usage sensors.
• Driver ’ s seat position sensor.
• Front crash severity sensor.
• Restraints Control Module (RCM).
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• Restraint system warning light and back-up tone.
• The electrical wiring for the air bags, crash sensor(s), safety belt
pretensioners, front safety belt usage sensors, driver seat position
sensor, and indicator lights.
How does the personal safety system work?
The Personal Safety System can adapt the deployment strategy of your
vehicle ’ s safety devices according to crash severity and occupant
conditions. A collection of crash and occupant sensors provides
information to the Restraints Control Module (RCM). During a crash, the
RCM activates the safety belt pretensioners and/or either one or both
stages of the dual-stage air bag supplemental restraints based on crash
severity and occupant conditions.
The fact that the pretensioners or air bags did not activate for both front
seat occupants in a collision does not mean that something is wrong with
the system. Rather, it means the Personal Safety System determined the
accident conditions (crash severity, belt usage, etc.) were not
appropriate to activate these safety devices. Front air bags are designed
to activate only in frontal and near-frontal collisions, not rollovers,
side-impacts, or rear-impacts unless the collision causes sufficient
longitudinal deceleration.
Driver and passenger dual-stage air bag supplemental restraints
The dual-stage air bags offer the capability to tailor the level of air bag
inflation energy. A lower, less forceful energy level is provided for more
common, moderate-severity impacts. A higher energy level is used for
the most severe impacts. Refer to Air bag Supplemental Restraints
section in this chapter.
Front crash severity sensor
The front crash severity sensor enhances the ability to detect the
severity of an impact. Positioned up front, it provides valuable
information early in the crash event on the severity of the impact. This
allows your Personal Safety System to distinguish between different
levels of crash severity and modify the deployment strategy of the
dual-stage air bags and safety belt pretensioners.
Driver’s seat position sensor
The driver ’ s seat position sensor allows your Personal Safety System to
tailor the deployment level of the driver dual-stage air bag based on seat
position. The system is designed to help protect smaller drivers sitting
close to the driver air bag by providing a lower air bag output level.
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