2019 FORD EXPLORER seat adjustment

Introduction
About This Manual
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Symbols Glossary ............................................
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Data Recording .................................................
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Perchlorate ........................................................
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Ford Credit .........................................................
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Replacement Parts Recommendation ........................................................................\
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Special Notices ...............................................
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Mobile Communications Equipment ........................................................................\
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Export Unique Options ................................
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Environment
Protecting the Environment .......................
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At a Glance
Instrument Panel Overview .......................
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Child Safety
General Information ......................................
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Installing Child Restraints ...........................
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Booster Seats .................................................
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Child Restraint Positioning .........................
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Child Safety Locks .........................................
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Seatbelts
Principle of Operation .................................
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Fastening the Seatbelts .............................
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Seatbelt Height Adjustment .....................
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Seatbelt Warning Lamp and Indicator Chime ............................................................
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Seatbelt Reminder .......................................
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Child Restraint and Seatbelt Maintenance ...............................................
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Seatbelt Extension .......................................
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Personal Safety System ™
Personal Safety System ™.........................
43 Supplementary Restraints
System
Principle of Operation .................................
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Driver and Passenger Airbags ..................
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Front Passenger Sensing System ...........
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Side Airbags ....................................................
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Passenger Knee Airbag ...............................
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Safety Canopy ™...........................................
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Crash Sensors and Airbag Indicator ........
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Airbag Disposal ..............................................
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Keys and Remote Controls
General Information on Radio Frequencies .................................................
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Remote Control .............................................
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Replacing a Lost Key or Remote Control ........................................................................\
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MyKey ™
Principle of Operation .................................
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Creating a MyKey ...........................................
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Clearing All MyKeys ......................................
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Checking MyKey System Status ..............
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Using MyKey With Remote Start Systems ........................................................
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MyKey – Troubleshooting ..........................
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Doors and Locks
Locking and Unlocking ................................
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Keyless Entry ..................................................
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Liftgate
Manual Liftgate ..............................................
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Power Liftgate ..................................................
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Security
Passive Anti-Theft System ........................
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Anti-Theft Alarm ...........................................
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Pregnant women should always wear their
seatbelt. Position the lap belt portion of a
combination lap and shoulder belt low
across the hips below the belly and worn
as tight as comfort allows. Position the
shoulder belt to cross the middle of the
shoulder and the center of the chest.
Seatbelt Locking Modes
WARNING: If your vehicle is
involved in a crash, have the seatbelts
and associated components inspected
as soon as possible. Failure to follow this
instruction could result in personal injury
or death.
All safety restraints in the vehicle are
combination lap and shoulder belts. The
driver seatbelt has the vehicle sensitive
locking mode. The front outboard
passenger and rear seatbelts have both
the vehicle sensitive locking mode and the
automatic locking mode.
Vehicle Sensitive Mode
This is the normal retractor mode, which
allows free shoulder belt length
adjustment to your movements and
locking in response to vehicle movement.
For example, if the driver brakes suddenly
or turns a corner sharply, or the vehicle
receives an impact of about
5 mph
(8 km/h) or more, the combination
seatbelts lock to help reduce forward
movement of the driver and passengers.
In addition, the retractor is designed to lock
if you pull the webbing out too quickly. If
the seatbelt retractor locks, slowly lower
the height adjuster to allow the seatbelt
to retract. If the retractor does not unlock,
pull the seatbelt out slowly then feed a small length of webbing back toward the
stowed position. For rear seatbelts, recline
the rear seat backrest or push the seat
backrest cushion away from the seatbelt.
Feed a small length of webbing back
toward the stowed position.
Automatic Locking Mode
In this mode, the shoulder belt
automatically pre-locks. The belt still
retracts to remove any slack in the
shoulder belt. The automatic locking mode
is not available on the driver seatbelt.
When to Use the Automatic Locking
Mode
Use this mode when you install a child
safety seat, except a booster, in the
passenger front or rear seating positions.
Properly restrain children 12 years old and
under in a rear seating position whenever
possible. See
Child Safety (page 18).
How to Use the Automatic Locking
Mode
Non-Inflatable Seatbelts 1. Buckle the combination lap and
shoulder belt.
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The rear inflatable seatbelts function like
standard restraints in everyday usage.
During a crash of sufficient force, the
inflatable belt inflates from inside the
webbing.
The fully inflated seatbelt's increased
diameter more effectively holds the
occupant in the appropriate seating
position, and spreads crash forces over
more area of the body than regular
seatbelts. This helps reduce pressure on
the chest and helps control head and neck
motion for passengers. The rear inflatable seatbelts are designed
to inflate in frontal or near-frontal crashes,
side impact crashes and rollovers. The fact
that the rear inflatable seatbelt did not
inflate in a crash does not mean that
something is wrong with the system.
Rather, it means the forces were not of the
type sufficient to cause activation.
SEATBELT HEIGHT
ADJUSTMENT
WARNING: Position the seatbelt
height adjuster so that the seatbelt rests
across the middle of your shoulder.
Failure to adjust the seatbelt correctly
could reduce its effectiveness and
increase the risk of injury in a crash. 1. Adjust the height of the shoulder belt
so the belt rests across the middle of
your shoulder.
2. Slide the adjuster up to raise the belt. Press the button and slide it down to
lower the belt.
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While the system is designed to help
reduce serious injuries, contact with a
deploying airbag may also cause abrasions
or swelling. Temporary hearing loss is also
a possibility as a result of the noise
associated with a deploying airbag.
Because airbags must inflate rapidly and
with considerable force, there is the risk of
death or serious injuries such as fractures,
facial and eye injuries or internal injuries,
particularly to occupants who are not
properly restrained or are otherwise out of
position at the time of airbag deployment.
Thus, it is extremely important that
occupants be properly restrained as far
away from the airbag module as possible
while maintaining vehicle control.
Routine maintenance of the airbags is not
required.
DRIVER AND PASSENGER
AIRBAGS
WARNING: Do not place your arms
on the airbag cover or through the
steering wheel. Failure to follow this
instruction could result in personal injury. WARNING: Keep the areas in front
of the airbags free from obstruction. Do
not affix anything to or over the airbag
covers. Objects could become projectiles
during airbag deployment or in a sudden
stop. Failure to follow this instruction
could result in personal injury or death. WARNING:
Airbags can kill or
injure a child in a child restraint. Never
place a rear-facing child restraint in front
of an active airbag. If you must use a
forward-facing child restraint in the front
seat, move the seat upon which the child
restraint is installed all the way back. The driver and front passenger airbags will
deploy during significant frontal and near
frontal crashes.
The driver and passenger front airbag
system consists of:
•
Driver and passenger airbag modules.
• Front passenger sensing system. · Crash sensors and monitoring
system with readiness indicator.
See Crash Sensors and Airbag
Indicator
(page 51).
Proper Driver and Front Passenger
Seating Adjustment WARNING:
National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
recommends a minimum distance of at
least
10 in (25 cm) between an
occupant's chest and the driver airbag
module.
To properly position yourself away from
the airbag:
• Move your seat to the rear as far as you
can while still reaching the pedals
comfortably.
• Recline the seat slightly (one or two
degrees) from the upright position.
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CABIN AIR FILTER
Your vehicle is equipped with a cabin air
filter, which gives you and your passengers
the following benefits:
•
It improves your driving comfort by
reducing particle concentration.
• It improves the interior compartment
cleanliness.
• It protects the climate control
components from particle deposits.
You can locate the cabin air filter behind
the glove box.
Note: Make sure you have a cabin air filter
installed at all times. This prevents foreign
objects from entering the system. Running
the system without a filter in place could
result in degradation or damage to the
system.
Replace the filter at regular intervals. See
Scheduled Maintenance (page 495).
For additional cabin air filter information,
or to replace the filter, see an authorized
dealer.
REMOTE START
The climate control system adjusts the
interior temperature during remote start.
You can switch this feature on or off and
adjust the settings using the information
display controls. See
Information
Displays (page 104).
You cannot adjust the climate control
setting during remote start operation.
Switch the ignition on to make
adjustments. Based on your remote start settings, the
following vehicle-dependent features may
or may not remain on after remote starting
your vehicle:
•
Climate controlled seats.
• Heated steering wheel.
• Heated mirrors.
• Heated rear window.
• Windshield wiper de-icer.
Note: For dual zone climate controlled
seats, the passenger seat setting defaults
to match the driver seat during remote start.
Automatic Settings
If
Auto is on, the system sets the interior
temperature to 72°F (22°C) and heats or
cools the vehicle interior as required to
achieve comfort.
Note: In cold weather, the heated rear
window and heated mirrors turn on.
Last Settings
If
Last Settings is on, the system uses the
settings last selected before you turned
off the vehicle.
Heated and Cooled Features
In Auto mode, certain heated features may
switch on during cold weather, and cooled
features during hot weather.
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1. Adjust the seatback to an upright
driving or riding position.
2. Pivot the head restraint forward toward
your head to the desired position.
After the head restraint reaches the
forward-most tilt position, pivot it forward
again to release it to the rearward, un-tilted
position.
MANUAL SEATS (IF EQUIPPED)
Moving the Seat Backward and
Forward WARNING:
Do not adjust the
driver seat or seat backrest when your
vehicle is moving. This may result in
sudden seat movement, causing the loss
of control of your vehicle. WARNING:
Make sure the seat
fully locks into place by rocking it
backward and forward. Not securing the
seat into the locked position can be
dangerous in a crash and could cause
serious personal injury or death. Recline Adjustment
WARNING:
Always drive and ride
with your seatback upright and the lap
belt snug and low across the hips. WARNING:
Do not place cargo or
any objects behind the seat backrest
before returning it to the original position.
Pull on the seat backrest to make sure
that it has fully latched after returning
the seat backrest to its original position.
An unlatched seat may become
dangerous if you stop suddenly or have
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Lumbar Adjustment (If Equipped)
POWER SEATS (IF EQUIPPED)
WARNING:
Do not adjust the
driver seat or seat backrest when your
vehicle is moving. This may result in
sudden seat movement, causing the loss
of control of your vehicle. WARNING:
Do not place cargo or
any objects behind the seatback before
returning it to the original position.
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Lumbar and Bolster Mode
Massage Mode
Upper lumbar
Back massage intensity
adjustment
A
Lumbar decrease
Massage intensity decrease
and off*
B
Lower lumbar**
Cushion massage intensity
adjustment
C
Lumbar increase
Massage intensity increase
D
-
On and off
E
* The massage feature defaults to an
alternating massage mode with back
massage intensity adjustment. The lumbar
and bolster feature defaults to the middle
lumbar mode.
** Press C a second time to adjust the back
bolster. Press C a third time to adjust the
cushion bolster.
You can also adjust this feature through
the touchscreen. When switched on, the
system displays directions for you to adjust
the lumbar settings in your seat or to set
the massage function.
To access and make adjustments to the
lumbar setting:
1. Press the Menu Settings icon > Vehicle
> Multi-Contour Seat. 2. Choose the desired seat to adjust.
3. Press the + or - to adjust the lumbar
intensity.
To access and make adjustments to the
massage setting:
1. Press the Menu Settings icon > Vehicle
>Multi-Contour Seat.
2. Choose the desired seat to adjust.
3. Press Off, Lo or Hi.
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