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RE&T: 2012 Source Book
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Taurus
Safety/Security
2012
Brake Assist
• Recognizes when the brake pedal is applied suddenly
but without enough force to provide full deceleration
• With brake assist, the system applies the appropriate
pressure to maximize vehicle deceleration and help
reduce stopping distances
• Without the brake assist feature, the result could be
a longer stopping distance than desired
• Once the driver releases the brake pedal, the vehicle
returns to normal braking mode
Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS)
• Sensor-based system alerts the driver to significant
underinflation in any of the tires, excluding the spare
• Pressure sensors detect actual tire pressure and
activate a warning light in the vehicle’s instrument
cluster when a tire is significantly underinflated
NOTE:
See the Safety section in the Source Book
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for more information.
Accident Avoidance cont’d
Personal Safety System
The Ford Personal Safety System tailors airbag usage
to the severity of the crash, driver and passenger
safety belt use, driver seat position and passenger
classification. System components include:
• Dual-stage driver and front passenger airbags
• Electronic front crash severity sensor
• Driver seat position sensor
• Front outboard safety belt usage sensor
• Restraint Control Module
• Front outboard safety belt energy management
retractors
• Front outboard safety belt pretensioners
• Front Passenger Sensing System
NOTE:
See the Safety section in the Source Book
Appendices or on
e
SourceBook
for more information.
Safety Canopy System with Rollover Sensor
• Offers head protection in side-impact and rollover
situations for both rows of passengers
• In a side impact, the side curtain airbags protect the
heads of all outboard passengers
• The side curtain airbags will deploy and stay inflated
for an extended period of time to help protect
occupants from multiple rollovers or side impacts
• Side curtain airbags are located in the roof side rail
behind the headliner and are triggered independently
of the driver and front passenger airbags
• Side curtain airbags will not interfere with a properly
installed child safety seat or booster seat
• Combined with the Safety Canopy System, the
front-seat side airbags help protect the chest while
the Safety Canopy helps protect the head in certain
side-impact collisions
Front-seat Side Airbags
• Side airbags help protect front-seat occupants
in certain side collisions
• Airbags deploy from the front seat side bolsters and
are designed to help protect occupants’ chests in
certain side collisions
• Placed in the front seatbacks, so they are always in
the optimum deployment position no matter where
the seat is positioned
Occupant Protection