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Front Seat Belt Pretensioner
and Load Limiting Systems
For optimum protection, the driver and
front passenger seat belts are equipped
with pretensioner and load limiting
systems. For both these systems to work
properly you must wear the seat belt
properly.
Pretensioners:
In moderate or severe frontal or near-
frontal accidents, the front air bag and
pretensioner systems deploy
simultaneously. The front seat belt
retractors remove slack quickly as the air
bags are expanding.
Load limiter:
The load limiting system releases belt
webbing in a controlled manner to reduce
belt force on the occupant's chest. While
the most severe load on a seat belt occurs
in frontal collisions, the load limiter has
an automatic mechanical function and can
activate in any accident mode with
sufficient occupant movement.
Even if the pretensioners have not fired,
the load limiting function must be
checked by an expert repairer, we
recommend an Authorised Ford Repairer
after any collision.
WARNING
Wear seat belts only as recommended
in this owner's manual:
Incorrect positioning of the driver and
front passenger seat belts is
dangerous. Without proper
positioning, the pretensioner and load
limiting systems cannot provide
adequate protection in an accident
and this could result in serious injury.
For more details about wearing seat
belts, refer to
“
Fastening the seat
belts
”
(page 2-20).
Have your seat belts changed
immediately if the pretensioner or load
limiter has been expended:
One or both front air bags may deploy,
and the corresponding pretensioner(s)
may also deploy at the same time. Like
the air bags, the front seat belt
pretensioners will only function once.
If the front seat belt pretensioners are
not replaced, the risk of injury in a
collision will increase. Expended front
seat belt pretensioners and air bags
must be replaced after any collision
which caused them to deploy.
Additionally, the load limiter will only
limit loads on the chest once in a
collision and this is another reason to
have the front seat belts inspected.
Always have an expert repairer, we
recommend an Authorised Ford
Repairer inspect the front seat belt
pretensioners and air bags after any
collision.
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Essential Safety Equipment
Seat Belt Systems
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