2009 Mercury Mariner Owner's Manuals

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Mercury Mariner 2009  Owners Manuals •seat-mounted side airbags. Refer toSeat-mounted side airbag system
later in this chapter
•Safety Canopysystem. Refer toSafety Canopysystemlater in this
chapter.
•one or more impact and safing

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Mercury Mariner 2009  Owners Manuals The front passenger sensing system will disable (will not inflate) the
front passenger’s frontal airbag if:
•the front passenger seat is unoccupied, or has small/medium objects in
the front seat,

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Mercury Mariner 2009  Owners Manuals The front passenger sensing system is designed to enable (may inflate)
the front passenger’s frontal airbag anytime the system senses that a
person of adult size is sitting properly in the front pas

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Mercury Mariner 2009  Owners Manuals WARNING:Sitting improperly out of position or with the seat
back reclined too far can take off weight from the seat cushion
and affect the decision of the front passenger sensing system, resulting
in

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Mercury Mariner 2009  Owners Manuals WARNING:To reduce the risk of possible serious injury:
Do not stow objects in seat back map pocket (if equipped) or
hang objects off seat back if a child is in the front passenger seat.
Do not place o

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Mercury Mariner 2009  Owners Manuals WARNING:Any alteration/modification to the front passenger
seat may affect the performance of the front passenger sensing
system.
Determining if the system is operational
The SRS uses a readiness ligh

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Mercury Mariner 2009  Owners Manuals WARNING:Do not attempt to service, repair, or modify the
airbag SRS, its fuses or the seat cover on a seat containing an
airbag. See an authorized dealer.
WARNING:All occupants of the vehicle should a

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Mercury Mariner 2009  Owners Manuals The airbag SRS is designed to activate when the vehicle sustains lateral
deceleration sufficient to cause the sensors to close an electrical circuit
that initiates airbag inflation.
The fact that the