Ford TOURNEO CONNECT, Owner'S Manual

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Switching the front passenger
front airbag on and off
Please refer to at the start of the
chapter on page 52.
Fig. 32 On the front of the dash panel: key
switch for disabling and enabling the front air-
bag on the front passenger side
The front passenger front airbag must
be deactivated if you fit a rear-facing
child seat on the front passenger seat.
Enabling the front passenger front air-
bag
1. Switch off the ignition.
2. Open the front passenger door.
3. Remove the spare key from the vehicle
key.
4. Insert the key bit into the key-operated
switch until you feel the second point of
resistance
→
Fig. 32 . Around three quar-
ters of the key bit should be inserted in
the key switch at this point
→
.
5. The spare key can then be turned to po-
sition ON relatively gently.
6. Remove the manual key from the key-
operated switch and insert it back into
the vehicle key.
The yellow PASSENGER AIR BAG indi-
cator lamp
in the roof console
lights up and goes out after approxi-
mately 60 seconds.
7. Close the front passenger door.
8. Check that the PASSENGER AIR BAG
indicator lamp in the roof console
does not light up
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page 54.
Disabling the front passenger front air-
bag
1. Switch off the ignition.
2. Open the front passenger door.
3. Remove the spare key from the vehicle
key.
4. Insert the key bit into the key-operated
switch until you feel the second point of
resistance
→
Fig. 32 . Around three quar-
ters of the key bit should be inserted in
the key switch at this point
→
.
5. The spare key can then be turned to po-
sition OFF relatively gently.
6. Close the front passenger door.
7. The PASSENGER AIR BAG
indica-
tor lamp in the roof console lights up
continuously when the ignition is
switched on
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page 54.
Do not let any vehicle occupants travel on
the front passenger seat when the front
passenger front airbag is switched
off. Only
rear-facing child seats must be used
→
.
Identifying characteristics for a disa-
bled front passenger front airbag
A deactivated front passenger front airbag
is indicated
only by the PASSEN-
GER AIR BAG indicator lamp lighting
up continuously in the roof console
→
page 54.
For safety reasons, do not fit a child re-
straint system on the front passenger seat
if the
indicator lamp in the roof con-
sole does not light up continuously or
lights up together with the indicator
lamp in the instrument cluster display. The
front passenger front airbag may trigger
during an accident.
DANGER
Please observe important safety informa-
tion about the front passenger front air-
bag
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page 64.
DANGER
The front passenger front airbag should
only be switched
off in exceptional cir-
cumstances.
·
To prevent damage to the airbag sys-
tem, only switch the front passenger
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